Dutch: Salmonella Outbreak claims the lives of 3 people/others sickened

“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