A workshop has supported countries in the Western Balkans to better respond to food safety emergencies.
Among challenges highlighted were enhancing cooperation between different food safety agencies, ensuring cross-border information sharing, and enabling joint investigation
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Argentinian officials have warned people not to consume a specific product line due to the risk of botulism.
The National Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medical Devices (ANMAT) said a suspected case of botulism has
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Cereals and grains have topped a food safety risk ranking assessment by FAO and WHO.
Based on a request from the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
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An additional 200 outbreaks were recorded in Belgium in 2021 versus the year before, according to the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC).
There was a significant increase in the number
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Danish officials are trying to find the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has affected 16 people.
The sick people have been infected with the same type of Salmonella Enteritidis, according to the Statens Serum
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced the fall 2022 import requirements for U.S. romaine lettuce with special requirements for certain lettuce produced in California’s Salinas Valley.
Whole-head romaine lettuce and products containing romaine
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At least a dozen children have been sickened in France with officials linking illnesses to a dairy company.
Since early June, 12 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) have been reported in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
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Salmonella from imported Brazilian poultry doesn’t cause a lot of illnesses in UK consumers, according to a study.
Long-term surveillance data collected in the United Kingdom showed no rise in two types of Salmonella following the
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The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to
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Researchers have provided more insight into what is thought to be the first Salmonella outbreak linked to frozen pre-cooked crayfish in dill brine.
In late September 2019, the Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) identified
Continue Reading Study details rare Salmonella outbreak from frozen crayfish from China