Health officials in the United Kingdom are investigating a fatal Listeria outbreak linked to desserts supplied to the National Health Service.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and Food Standards
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is looking into the potential of using artificial intelligence (AI) to help detect and investigate foodborne illness outbreaks.
UKHSA experts assessed different types of
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent
Scientists have described the investigations performed and control measures taken in relation to a multi-country Salmonella outbreak traced to Ferrero chocolate in 2022.
In February 2022, the United Kingdom detected
Two dozen people were sickened in the Netherlands after eating blueberries contaminated with hepatitis A.
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) said it received 24 reports
Amid regulatory upheaval and recall fatigue, a string of bizarre food safety mishaps offers a quirky reminder: contamination can strike in unexpected ways. From a snake in a Thai ice
More than 60 people have fallen sick after eating at a kebab shop in a Swiss municipality.
The Office for Consumer Protection (AVS) closed the kebab shop in Möhlin in
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has started work on assessing the safety of lab-grown meat but only a minority of consumers seem to be willing to consume it.
A team
Rising temperatures because of climate change are increasing the risk of human exposure to mycotoxins, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA).
A briefing published by the agency looked at
Scientists have found a way to stop the growth of Listeria in a traditional Norwegian product and have improved detection methods.
Rakfisk is made by fermenting trout or char in
A seafood sampling survey has revealed some non-compliances but an overall low risk to public health.
In England and Wales, 152 samples of wild caught fish, crustaceans and cephalopods were
Around 70 Salmonella infections have been linked to eating eggs in Belgium.
At the start of 2025, the National Reference Centre for Salmonella at Sciensano detected an increase in reports
