The European Commission has opened a comment period as part of plans to change the current set-up and establish EU reference laboratories (EURLs) in public health. The call for applications cover...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/05/eu-commission-opens-call-in-foodborne-labs-reorganization/
Health officials in a Belgian city have identified the source of pork tapeworm infections at a school. Department Zorg said that after an extensive search, the person behind the infections at Het...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/05/belgian-officials-solve-pork-tapeworm-case/
A Salmonella outbreak in Denmark has now affected 40 people with ground meat suspected as the source. In less than a month, at least 40 people have been infected with the same type of Salmonella,...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/05/danish-salmonella-outbreak-grows-linked-to-ground-meat/
According to a study, food allergen information given online can be lacking or provided in different formats. Researchers evaluated the accuracy and compliance of information and labeling of subs...
Before Brazil Police kicked off Operation Car Wash, Wesley and Joesley Batista were JBS S.A.’s principal shareholders. And they are again today. JBS S.A. is a Brazilian company that is the larg...
Public health officials in Finland are monitoring an increase in Yersinia infections seen so far in 2024. 168 Yersinia enterocolitica cases have been reported to the Infectious Disease Register c...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/finland-reports-yersinia-rise-and-2023-recall-data/
The number of food and other fraud suspicions discussed by European countries has continued to rise from 277 in January and 318 in February to 345 in March. Issues identified are potential, but n...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/suspected-fraud-reports-rise-in-europe/
More than 2,000 consumer product recalls were issued in France in 2023, according to official figures. Data from RappelConso shows 2,023 recalls in 2023 compared to 2,441 in 2022. The category wi...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/recalls-down-but-still-more-than-2000-in-france-for-2023/
Consumption of poorly prepared food has been identified as a factor in a fatal Guillain-Barré outbreak in Guatemala. Findings come from the results of case control studies announced by the Minis...
Twenty people have fallen sick, and five have died in a Listeria outbreak linked to fish that has been ongoing since 2019. Most cases have been recorded in Denmark, but there are two in Italy and...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/fatal-listeria-outbreak-linked-to-smoked-salmon/
There is a need to get the basics right and make more time for training, according to findings from an annual survey about food safety. The eighth global food safety training survey involved Camp...
Higher fridge temperatures in the homes of older people could be putting them at greater risk of Listeria infection, according to a study. Researchers looked at the temperatures of domestic refri...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/dutch-study-looks-at-fridge-temperatures-and-listeria-risk/
Authorities in Iceland have issued a warning after six people were diagnosed with Listeria infections. The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) wanted to increase awareness of the disea...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/listeria-cases-prompt-warning-in-iceland/
Data showing the scale of pesticide residues on food have been published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). 110,829 food samples were collected in the European Union in 2022. Results s...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/efsa-shares-2022-data-on-pesticide-residues-in-food/
New Zealand Food Safety has issued new import rules for frozen berries that aim to help keep citizens safe and improve processes at the border. Changes will come into effect on Aug. 1, and import...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/new-zealand-sets-revised-frozen-berry-import-rules/
The number of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O157 infections remained steady but non-O157 cases increased in England in 2021 according to recently released data. Overall, 1,151 confirmed ca...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/e-coli-o157-cases-stable-non-o157-infections-rise-in-england/
The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recen...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/fda-steps-up-enforcement-on-imported-shrimp-mahimahi-papayas/
A dozen people have fallen sick in recent weeks in a Salmonella outbreak in Denmark. During March and April, 12 cases of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported, said the Statens Serum Institut...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/salmonella-outbreak-sickens-12-in-denmark/
Singapore held the fifth meeting of an international food safety network this past week. The annual meeting of the International Heads of Food Agencies Forum (IHFAF) took place from April 16 to 2...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/singapore-hosts-latest-meeting-for-food-agency-leaders/
The number of Salmonella cases in England has returned to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels and 11 outbreaks were reported in 2022. Salmonella Enteritidis went back to being the most frequently report...
Scientists in Europe have updated the knowledge around parasites in fish based on available surveillance data. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) scientific opinion also evaluated method...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/efsa-evaluates-parasites-in-fish-and-related-control-methods/
The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recen...
According to the Danish food agency, there is still uncertainty among chefs and kitchen workers about the management of norovirus. A Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen)...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/danish-campaign-results-show-norovirus-uncertainty/
Part of a federal investigation into lead in certain cinnamon applesauce products has been shifted to a followup status. The new approach by the Food and Drug Administration is designed to provid...
Switzerland has reported a rise in warnings and recalls in 2023 compared to the year before. The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) published 17 public warnings and 73 recalls for f...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/recalls-up-in-switzerland-but-down-for-belgium-in-2023/
Danish officials are trying to find the source of a Listeria outbreak that has affected 17 people since 2019. Two illnesses have provisionally been registered in 2024, said the Statens Serum Inst...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/denmark-reports-fatal-multi-year-listeria-outbreak/
The FDA is warning consumers not to eat and restaurants and retailers not to sell certain raw, frozen oysters from Korea because of an outbreak of norovirus infections. The California Department ...
The Waitrose grocery chain blamed factors outside the control of the retailer and its supply base for poor Campylobacter in chicken results. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) maximum target level i...
According to a study in Norway, people staying in basic cabins were more likely to report illness than those who were at home or in a cabin of high standard. Nofima scientists investigated how ca...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/04/researchers-assess-illness-risk-from-cabin-stays/
A survey has shown how rising prices are prompting people to take more food safety risks in an attempt to save money, according to recently released research. The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) ...