FDA releases list showing hundreds of retailers that received tainted products
Hundreds of stores received more than 110 recalled products related to an outbreak of Listeria Monocytogenes linked to products from Rizo Lopez in Fresno, CA. The Food and Drug Administration has...
View ArticleUSDA investigated six outbreaks in FY 2023; none resulted in recalls or...
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has released its outbreak report for fiscal year 2023 and detailed the six investigations carried out during that time. The report covers Oct. 1, 2022, to...
View ArticlePatient count continues to grow in outbreak of lead poisoning traced to...
More children have been identified as patients in an outbreak of lead poisonings traced to certain cinnamon applesauce products. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention there are...
View ArticleFDA confirms contamination of children’s applesauce; theorizes it was...
The FDA has confirmed that lead chromate is the source of lead and chromium in cinnamon applesauce marketed for children and imported from Ecuador. Leaders at the FDA continue to believe the...
View ArticleInvestigators confirm cheese firm’s link to deadly E. coli outbreak
According to officials, the outbreak strain has been found at a farm that supplied the milk used to make unpasteurized cheese, which was linked to an E. coli outbreak in the UK. In total, 36 confirmed...
View ArticleE. coli outbreak linked to animal exhibit raises concerns in Tennessee
A report has been released in relation to an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections in Tennessee, with health authorities linking the cases to attendance at an animal exhibit. The...
View ArticleAPHA sees Cryptosporidium workload rise but E. coli outbreaks fall
The number of Cryptosporidium outbreaks involving an agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) increased in 2023. The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) assisted...
View ArticleRecorded outbreaks jump in Hong Kong in 2023
The number of outbreaks almost doubled in Hong Kong in 2023 compared to the year before. Officials reviewed food poisoning outbreaks related to food premises and businesses reported to the Centre for...
View ArticleCDC declares deadly Listeria outbreak over; cheese from Rizo-López was cause
Federal officials say a Listeria outbreak that spanned a decade is over. Two people died as a result of their infections. The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and...
View ArticleFDA shifts approach to investigation into lead poisoning outbreak traced to...
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 provide...
View ArticleUK reports 90 sick in Salmonella outbreak linked to melon
Researchers have revealed that almost 100 people fell sick in a Salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupe melon toward the end of 2023. In September 2023, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)...
View ArticleNorway records show a drop in outbreaks for 2023
The number of outbreaks and people sick in them declined in Norway in 2023, but this past year saw the country record one of its most serious-ever E. coli outbreaks. Twenty-five outbreaks were caused...
View ArticleUncommon E. coli outbreak in UK linked to beef
Meat products made from ground (minced) beef were suspected to be behind a serious E. coli outbreak in the United Kingdom in 2023, according to a recent report. In June 2023, an outbreak of severe...
View ArticleFDA warns Dollar Tree Inc. about its failure to remove recalled applesauce...
The FDA has issued a warning letter to Dollar Tree Inc. because of its failure to withdraw recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches linked to an outbreak of lead poisoning among children. “. . . at the...
View ArticleSalmonella climbs to leading cause of outbreaks in Denmark
Salmonella infections overtook norovirus to become Denmark’s top cause of outbreaks in 2023. Data from the National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark, the Danish Veterinary and Food...
View ArticleSwedish pathogen stats show a large Salmonella outbreak
Sweden has revealed human infection data for 2023, including a large Salmonella outbreak that had major economic consequences and caused a shortage of eggs. The data comes from a report published by...
View ArticleSwiss outbreaks steady as cases down but deaths up
Fewer people were sick but more died in outbreaks in Switzerland in 2023, largely due to a Listeria outbreak with five fatalities, according to a recent report. A total of 40 outbreaks were reported by...
View ArticleMore than 165 infected with Salmonella in raw milk outbreak
More than 165 people, mostly children, have been sickened so far by raw milk products from Raw Farm LLC. In reports obtained by Food Safety News from the California Division of Communicable Disease...
View ArticleOutbreaks and related illnesses down for 2023 in Belgium
Figures from Belgium show the number of outbreaks and people sick in them declined in 2023. The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain’s (FASFC) annual report reveals that 722 outbreaks were...
View ArticleDutch 2023 illness data reveals large Salmonella outbreak
According to a recent report, most foodborne pathogens increased in the Netherlands in 2023 compared to the year before, and a large Salmonella outbreak with 150 cases was recorded. The National...
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