A global food safety network helped with the investigation of 19 incidents from October to December 2018, bringing the total for the year to 83.
Salmonella was responsible for the most events that the International
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INFOSAN involved in fipronil, fake rice and Salmonella events
An international food safety entity responded to more than 80 incidents over a two-year period, according to a report.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was involved in 84 international food safety events during
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Africa sets sights on tackling foodborne disease burden
An index to help tackle the burden of foodborne diseases in Africa launched this week.
The African Food Safety Index (AFSI) was unveiled by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), with the
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New listeriosis cases down; newborns remain hardest hit
New information out of South Africa shows 1,053 people have been confirmed with Listeria infections in the past 18 months. One in five has died in what the
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Largest Listeria outbreak ever coming under control; 204 dead
The world’s largest listeriosis epidemic is now under control because meat products from Enterprise and Rainbow Chicken have been recalled, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told the South African Parliament earlier this week.
“Since the recall,
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Dominos are falling in world’s largest listeriosis outbreak
The World Health Organization reiterated Monday that South Africa’s ongoing foodborne illness outbreak is the largest listeriosis outbreak ever recorded globally.
Health officials in South Africa on Sunday named a ready-to-eat meat product known as
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FSN Briefly
Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the
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E. coli consensus is goal of top scientists meeting at Penn State
Some of the world’s top scientists are gathering at Penn State next week for an invitation-only workshop to discuss how to reach a consensus on techniques to identify new serotypes of E. coli.
Penn State’s
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Food safety reprieve: Ag secretary pauses plan to move Codex
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, for the moment, has backed off his controversial plan to transfer the U.S. Codex Office, which works on international food standards, from USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to a
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WGS could be WMD in global battle against foodborne illness
Editor’s note: This column by FDA’s Steven Musser and Eric L. Stevens was originally published on the agency’s blog.
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Deaths of in the Solomon Islands Associated With Rotavirus Epidemic
Update: The government of the Solomon Island provided Food Safety News with more information on the health emergency they are facing. Here is that statement: “The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) would like
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