Bacon and other cured pork meats have been identified as risk factors for hepatitis E virus (HEV) in England by researchers.
They found consuming bacon, cured pork meats, and pigs’ liver were significantly associated with
Continue Reading Study shows bacon, cured pork are risk factors for Hepatitis E
Good handwashing is more effective than hand sanitizer use in reducing the risk of getting norovirus, according to the Food Safety Information Council (FSIC).
Hand sanitizers are effective against reducing COVID-19 but have little effect
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Sequence-based typing has helped to detect clusters and identify outbreaks of hepatitis A in Sweden, according to a study.
Researchers investigated hepatitis A virus (HAV) sequences of 447 cases reported in the country from 2009
Continue Reading Researchers assess method to help with hepatitis A surveillance
Outbreaks of norovirus in Sweden linked to shrimp from Estonia may have affected about 100 people.
Reports from local authorities have not been fully compiled yet but based on preliminary information officials believe more than
Continue Reading Norovirus in Sweden linked to shrimp from Estonia
Two outbreaks of hepatitis A virus (HAV) with 17 infections are under investigation in Ireland.
A total of 21 patients have been identified during a three-month period in Dublin, with 17 linked to the outbreaks
Continue Reading Hepatitis A outbreaks investigated in Ireland
More than 20 people have been infected with hepatitis A in an outbreak in a German municipality.
There have been 23 infections in the community of Dummerstorf in the Rostock district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Three more
Continue Reading Bakery link investigated in hepatitis A outbreak in Germany
Seven in 10 Americans are concerned about the presence of chemical products in food, according to a survey.
The poll by Mérieux NutriSciences and bioMérieux found 70 percent of respondents were troubled about this topic
Continue Reading Chemicals in food are a main safety concern for majority of Americans
The resurgence of a hepatitis A outbreak linked to strawberries underlines the importance of complete traceback of implicated products during outbreaks, according to researchers.
Following outbreaks linked to frozen strawberries in Sweden and Austria in
Continue Reading Germany part of resurgent hepatitis A outbreak
It is highly unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 is a food safety risk, according to an international group of scientists.
The International Commission for Microbiological Specifications of Foods (ICMSF) is a non-governmental organization and an observer to
Continue Reading Experts affirm that coronavirus is ‘highly unlikely’ to be food risk
A rapid method to detect human noroviruses in food has been proposed in Finland.
The findings were part of a doctoral dissertation comparing four published extraction methods for detection of norovirus in lettuce, ham, and
Continue Reading Researcher presents method to detect norovirus in food
Changes to the way food is produced, processed and offered to consumers could affect food safety, according to a microbiology society in the United Kingdom.
A Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) briefing looked at recent
Continue Reading Changing food sector could impact microbiological safety risks
