To celebrate this year’s World Food Safety Day, June 7, Inside Sharing Knowledge group is hosting a special online event. The event will include interviews and workshops from some of the world’s top food safety
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More than 220 people are part of an outbreak in Hong Kong linked to sandwiches.
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health reported 229 people were sick and 45 needed hospital
Continue Reading Hong Kong outbreak linked to sandwiches sickens 200
Three quarters of respondents to a survey in the United Kingdom say good hygiene will be more of a factor in choosing a restaurant than before the lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Results from
Continue Reading Survey finds hygiene focus when eating out after COVID-19 lockdown
A variety of European countries have issued nearly 100 warnings about Salmonella in chilled and frozen poultry from Poland since the start of March this year.
Data from the Rapid Alert System for Food and
Continue Reading Poland’s Salmonella poultry problem continues
A follow-up study on Salmonella prevalence among dairy cattle on a Swedish Island has found much lower levels.
In late 2019, the National Veterinary Institute (SVA) and Swedish Board of Agriculture (Jordbruksverket), did an anonymous
Continue Reading Follow-up dairy study shows less Salmonella; wild boar meat rules reviewed
Belgium has recorded the highest number of foodborne outbreaks in a year since recordkeeping began.
This past year, 571 outbreaks were reported to the National Reference Laboratory for Foodborne Outbreaks (LNR-TIA). A total of 2,457
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Whole genome sequencing helped identify concurrent outbreaks of a rare Salmonella serotype in Germany in 2017, according to a study.
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of Salmonella Kottbus isolates revealed three co-circulating clusters in the country
Continue Reading WGS aided detection of parallel Salmonella outbreaks in Germany
This year in the lead up to World Food Safety Day, June 7 2020, the Partnership for Food Safety Education is recognizing the people who keep us fed during the COVID-19 pandemic and every other
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Official controls of milk and meat production in Norway must be improved so they are in line with the law, according to an audit report.
The assessment found the overall system was good but Norwegian
Continue Reading Norway told to improve milk and meat controls to meet legal requirements
A fundraising page set up to help a woman who contracted listeriosis has passed NZ$20,000 (U.S. $12,400).
Petra Donnison, a family friend, created the Give a Little page for donations to help Grace Archer, her
Continue Reading Fundraising page set up for woman sick with listeriosis
