Round up of 2018 European food safety events
2018 brought regulation changes, updated standards, trade disputes and action based on past issues. Below are some of the most...
salmonella
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Video testimonials illustrate food poisoning consequences
The U.S. FDA (Food and Drug Administration) have posted three videos featuring people affected by foodborne illness in an effort...
Curry leaves poison more than 400 people in Newcastle
The use of raw curry leaves in chutney, contaminated with several different bacteria, was apparently the cause of the outbreak...
Wal-Mart to be sued for bad Cantaloupes
A Michigan family are suing Wal-Mart for selling contaminated cantaloupe that's involved in the current multistate Salmonella outbreak. A complaint was...
Chicken livers poison 179 in the USA
Chicken livers contaminated with Salmonella Heidelberg sickened 179 people in six US states between March and October 2011. The kosher broiled...
Another Salmonella outbreak linked to Spanish eggs
A multi-agency investigation is continuing after a link has been established between a batch of imported eggs and an outbreak...
German E.coli outbreak – handling fresh produce safely
The source of Germany's E. coli outbreak (which has so far sickened 1,800 people and killed 20) now seems to...
Pet frogs sicken 217 with Salmonella infections
Water frogs - African dwarf frogs to be exact - are thought to be responsible, once again, for an outbreak...
Top 5 countries for travellers’ diarrhoea
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revealed the top five countries where travellers from England, Wales and Northern Ireland are...
