A WHO food safety expert is hoping for “clear commitments” at the first International Conference on Food Safety, which begins today.
Angelika Tritscher, a World Health Organization (WHO) food safety expert in the department of
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A WHO food safety expert is hoping for “clear commitments” at the first International Conference on Food Safety, which begins today.
Angelika Tritscher, a World Health Organization (WHO) food safety expert in the department of…
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Austrian authorities are investigating an increase in cases of Salmonella Coeln.
In August and September, cases caused by the pathogen Salmonella Coeln cluster type (CT) 1768 occurred in several Austrian provinces.
The Austrian Agency for…
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Salmonella and Campylobacter infections were at a stable level during the past five years, but Listeria cases continue to rise in Europe, according to an annual report on trends and sources of zoonoses.
The European…
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Laboratory reports of pathogens including Campylobacter, Salmonella and Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) O157 have all increased compared to last year in England and Wales.
Data is based on common gastrointestinal infections in England…
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Authorities in Switzerland are investigating to find the source of a suspected foodborne outbreak of Listeria with 12 cases and two deaths.
The Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) said since June this year it…
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Germany and the United Kingdom accounted for almost half of STEC/VTEC cases in 2016, according to European statistics. The two countries also reported the most number of cases in 2015.
A total of 6,619 confirmed…
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Nine out of 10 farmers in Ireland are unaware that healthy animals can be a source of infection people, including their families. More than half don’t know that they can pick up diseases from sick…
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