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Imported chicken and salmon show higher contamination, finds UK study

By Joe Whitworth on February 3, 2023

According to a study in the United Kingdom, imported chicken and salmon were more likely to be contaminated than domestic products.

Researchers said the work, published in the journal Food Microbiology, demonstrated the diverse…

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Florida officials report death of vibrio patient

By News Desk on August 18, 2022

The Florida Department of Health in Escambia County is investigating a death related to a Vibrio vulnificus infection.

Public health officials did not release any other information about the death. They did not say where the patient…

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Officials in New Zealand report 10-fold increase in Vibrio infections

By News Desk on March 12, 2022

New Zealand recently recorded a sharp increase in Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections.

In January this year, 30 illnesses were reported compared with three in the same month of 2021.

New Zealand Food Safety had previously reminded …
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Sweden assesses impact of climate change on food safety

By Joe Whitworth on December 2, 2021

Climate change impacts such as higher average temperatures and more rain or droughts could increase the occurrence of some pathogens, according to a report from the Swedish Food Agency (Livsmedelsverket).

The report also looks at…
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Dutch emerging risk unit covered 20 topics in first year

By News Desk on September 23, 2021

Two issues have been sent for further investigation according to the first annual report from an emerging food safety risk unit in the Netherlands.

Experts identified more than 20 areas and a couple of them…
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Oysters recalled amid Washington’s largest ever Vibrio outbreak

By Cookson Beecher on July 21, 2021

Washington state has initiated a recall of live oysters harvested from the Samish Bay growing area in the Puget Sound area. The recall is in response to multiple cases of Vibrio parahaemolyticus illnesses associated with…
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Campylobacter lowest for decades but E. coli at new high in New Zealand

By Joe Whitworth on February 3, 2021

Campylobacter is continuing to decline but E. coli is still going up, based on figures from the 2019 report on foodborne disease in New Zealand.

New Zealand Food Safety is part of the Ministry for…
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Norway notes Campylobacter, E. coli and Salmonella rise

By News Desk on August 4, 2020

The number of Campylobacter, E. coli, and Salmonella infections all increased in Norway this past year.

Overall, there were more food and waterborne infections in 2019 compared to 2018, according to the Norwegian Institute of…
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EFSA to host meeting on climate change and food safety

By Joe Whitworth on July 21, 2020

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is to host a virtual meeting in October on climate change.

Scientists led by EFSA have developed a way to judge possible effects of climate change on emerging risks…
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Report says U.S. is failing food safety 101; incidence of illnesses still increasing

By Coral Beach on May 1, 2020

Attempts to reduce food poisoning are failing as the U.S. incidence of foodborne illnesses continues to increase. Infections from five of eight pathogens tracked by the CDC are on the rise.

Initial analysis of data…
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