HEALTH officials are trying to find the cause of a food poisoning outbreak that left 44 people ill after a New Year’s Eve party in Molina de Segura. Although left unwell no one needed to be hospitalised in what is thought to have been a case of salmonella.
RASFF – foodborne outbreak suspected to be caused by Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis in organic eggs from Italy in France
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RASFF – foodborne outbreak suspected to be caused by Shigella sonnei in fresh sugar snap peas from Kenya, via the Netherlands in Norway
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RASFF – foodborne outbreak suspected to be caused by live oysters (Crassostrea gigas) from France
RASFF – foodborne outbreak suspected to be caused by live oysters (Crassostrea gigas) from France
RASFF – foodborne outbreak caused by live oysters from France, via the Netherlands in Sweden
RASFF – norovirus in live mussels from France in Switzerland
RASFF – norovirus in live bouchot mussels from France in the Netherlands
RASFF – norovirus in oysters from France in the Netherlands
RASFF – withdrawal of bivalve molluscs harvested in France because of possible contamination with norovirus in Luxembourg
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KANNUR: Two inmates how now died and 22 others have been hospitalised following food poisoning at a destitute home near Oduvally. The inmates suffered food poisoning apparently after they consumed ghee rice, chicken curry and salad.
More than 650 people have fallen ill in France this past month after eating contaminated raw shellfish.
Since the start of December 2019, Santé publique France has received 123 reports of collective food poisoning suspected to be linked to consumption of raw shellfish, mainly oysters.
The majority, 87 of the 123 alerts, occurred from Dec. 23, 2019, and forward. A peak of illnesses hit from December 25 to 27.
A total of 668 people were sick and 17 needed hospital treatment. Most are more than 15 years old. Of the 415 patients with age information available, 15 were younger than 15.
Much higher than recent years
Symptoms, mainly diarrhea and vomiting, as well as incubation times, are consistent with norovirus or other enteric virus infections. Stool tests have confirmed the presence of these viruses. Symptoms of norovirus appear one to two days after being infected and typically last for two or three days.
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Nearly 90 people are part of a Salmonella outbreak across Australia after eating a particular brand of frozen microwave meals.
A total of 84 people in New South Wales (NSW), Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) reported eating Core Powerfoods products before becoming sick.
The number of people ill in the Salmonella Weltevreden outbreak previously stood at 46.
Core Ingredients issued a recall in October. Products were available for sale at IGAs and Coles stores nationally, independent retailers in NSW, ACT, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory and some Woolworths metro stores in Victoria.
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Vietnamese restaurant chain Saigon Delight has found itself at the center of a food poisoning scare after eight customers claimed to have fallen ill after eating at the restaurant’s outlet at Lippo Mall Puri in West Jakarta.
The case came light on Saturday after Instagram user @zenifuera, who identified herself as Jennifer, posted Instagram stories telling of how she, her husband and their 2.5 year-old daughter had suffered nausea, vomiting, shivers, headaches and stomachaches after dining at the restaurant on Dec. 28, 2019. Jennifer’s husband and daughter suffered severe food poisoning and were treated at a hospital for at least a week.
Austrian officials have linked six Listeria infections to a German meat producer.
Products from Wilke Waldecker Fleisch- und Wurstwaren are suspected to be behind a Listeria outbreak in Germany involving 37 people and three deaths. One infection was recorded in 2014, three in 2016, four in 2017, 21 in 2018 and at least eight in 2019.
Between May 24 and Aug. 8, 2019, six people in Austria contracted an identical Listeria strain identified as Listeria monocytogenes IIa.
Following illnesses in the federal states of Carinthia, Styria, and Vienna the Federal Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection (BMASGK) asked the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) to investigate the outbreak.
Authorities in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district of Germany stopped production at a Wilke facility in Twistetal, Berndorf in October.
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Several people part of a Salmonella outbreak in Denmark tasted or ate raw or undercooked sausage, according to a recently published study.
In November 2018, an outbreak of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium was detected. It sickened at least 49 people across the country.
A traditional form of raw Danish pork sausage called medister sausage was believed to be the source of illnesses. Product samples were negative for Salmonella and investigations at the production site did not reveal the source of contamination. Medister sausage is often served in the late autumn months and Christmas season. It is a long, thick sausage made from ground pork, seasoned and stuffed into casings.
Due to a control program, Salmonella Enteritidis is all but eliminated in Danish broiler poultry and egg production but Salmonella Typhimurium still exists in pigs and pork.
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