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Outbreak
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Food Safety News
Austria records increase in outbreaks for 2022
According to recently released data, the number of outbreaks and people sick in them increased in Austria in 2022. 28 foodborne outbreaks were reported in 2022, eight more than in…
Food Safety News
FDA reports new Listeria outbreak; closes investigation into E. coli outbreak
By Coral Beach
Federal investigators are looking into a new outbreak of infections from Listeria monocytogenes. An investigation into an E. Coli outbreak has ended without a source having been identified. The Food…
Cyclospora Blog
Mystery Cyclospora Outbreak sickens 581 on 31 States
By Bill Marler
No specific food items have been identified as the source of most of these illnesses. State and local public health officials are interviewing people with cyclosporiasis to find out what…
Food Safety News
Experts discuss use of crowdsourced data in outbreak investigations
TORONTO – Using crowdsourced data for foodborne outbreak investigations can work but poses a number of challenges, according to a session at the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) conference.…
The Labor & Employment Law Blog
Outbreak: Redefined by the California Department of Public Health
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has updated its definition of an “outbreak.” As previously discussed in our January 25, 2023 blog post, the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards…
Food Safety News
Officials continue to search for sources of 2 outbreaks as patient counts increase
By News Desk
Patient counts in two outbreaks being tracked by the FDA continue to increase. In an outbreak of Salmonella Paratyphi B var. L(+) tartrate+ the patient count has increased to 34 compared…
Cruise Law News
Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak on Viking Neptune Cruise Ship Sickens Over 12% of Guests
By Jim Walker
12.7% of the 838 passengers aboard the Viking Neptune cruise ship are experiencing abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhea, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nearly 2%…
Food Safety News
CDC confirms that cashew brie caused multistate Salmonella outbreak
By Coral Beach
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a report on a four state outbreak that sickened 20 people. The implicated Salmonellas were linked to the same brand of…
Food Safety News
Norovirus outbreak linked to California restaurant sickens nearly 100
By Jonan Pilet
A norovirus outbreak originating from a California restaurant has sickened about 100 people, according to the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department. Jessie Burmester, an epidemiologist from the health…
Food Safety News
Publisher’s Platform: Health officials should report what restaurant is linked to outbreak
By Bill Marler
-- OPINION -- I must admit, in 30 years of doing food safety, I seldom recall a health department withholding from the public the source of an outbreak – even…