“Three elderly people have died as a result of being infected by Salmonella Thompson. In total, some 950 people have now been taken ill as a result of the salmon, which have been taken off the shelves,” said the National Institute for Public Health (RIVM) in the Netherlands. Dutch food and consumer watchdog NVWA rang alarm bells earlier this month, pinning the outbreak on Dutch fish producer Foppen and advising all major Dutch supermarket chains to take the contaminated salmon off the shelves. Read article
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Further tests are to be carried out on more than 40 people following an E. Coli outbreak linked to a Belfast restaurant. The management of Flicks restaurant at Cityside Mall on York Street voluntarily closed the premises and are cooperating with the investigation. Read article
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More than 500 people in the Netherlands have now contracted Salmonella infections linked to smoked salmon, and at least one of these patients has died, reported Dutch health officials Saturday. According to The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment of the Netherlands, two fatalities have been connected to the outbreak. One has been […]
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The total case count in the ongoing Listeria outbreak linked to imported Italian ricotta cheese has expanded from 18 to 20 and one more victim has died, announced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in an update Friday. The two new illnesses were reported in California. One of these two victims died, bringing the […]
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More than 11,000 German schoolchildren fell ill due to a deadly food poisoning outbreak, but the cause of the same was not known. It is now suspected that strawberries were the probable cause of the mass food poisoning, which led children to suffer from diarrhea and vomiting. The news was given by the Robert Koch […]
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This summer, four young women set off on vacations in Southeast Asia. Here’s what they had in common: they were all from North America; they were all in their 20s; they were all pretty, bright, adventurous. And one more commonality: they are all now dead. Two of these deaths occurred in June in Thailand, two […]
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As of September 11, 2012, a total of 14 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported from 11 states and the District of Columbia. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: California (1), Colorado (1), District of Columbia (1), Maryland (3), Minnesota (1), Nebraska (1), […]
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Minnesota has recorded its second case of a new strain of swine flu, in a man who bought a pig at a live-animal market in Dakota County. But no cases have surfaced at the Minnesota State Fair so far, state officials said Wednesday. Read article
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Daniella-brand mangoes imported from Mexico are being withdrawn from sale in the United States because of a possible link to salmonella. Splendid Products of Burlingame, Calif, which distributes the fruit, issued the voluntary recall Monday “out of an abundance of caution,” says general manager Larry Nienkerk. Canada’s Food Inspection Agency says the mangoes are linked […]
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Emergency responders are wrapping up their on-site evaluations at the Denver Rescue Mission after a total of about 40 people had to be transported to hospitals for food poisoning. The 40 people were taken to various hospitals from the Denver Rescue Mission after a turkey dinner made them sick. Read article
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