Almost 6,500 people are believed to have suffered food poisoning linked to a school food program in Indonesia. The number of cases related to the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program has reached 6,452, according to some sources. The initiative was designed to improve the nutrition of school children and was... Continue Reading| Food Safety News
French health authorities have confirmed two cases of botulism following the consumption of a product made in Spain. Results of the investigation by the General Directorate for Food (DGAL) were shared with Spanish authorities. The two patients live in Brittany and ate tortillas produced in Spain by a factory belonging... Continue Reading| Food Safety News
An E. coli outbreak in Belgium with more than 70 cases and nine deaths has been linked to ground beef. The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) said no samples of the affected batch of meat were available, so the source cannot be confirmed with absolute... Continue Reading| Food Safety News
Two Campylobacter outbreaks in Denmark have been traced to Danish chicken meat. Between July 14 and Sept. 13, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) registered two outbreaks of Campylobacter jejuni with 57 patients. Sick people ranged in age from 2 to 89 years old and come from all over the country.... Continue Reading| Food Safety News
The USDA has issued a public health alert about Marketside brand pasta with meatballs sold at Walmart stores nationwide because of a possible link to a deadly Listeria outbreak. The producing company collected samples of the pre-cooked pasta used as an ingredient in the product as part of an ongoing... Continue Reading| Food Safety News
The Food and Drug Administration has updated information for four foodborne illness outbreaks. For an outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg that the FDA| Food Safety News
Health officials in Sweden suspect contaminated eggs are behind a Salmonella outbreak in the country. Seven people from four regions are infected with a| Food Safety News
A bill has been put forward in the United Kingdom to make guidance about the risks of methanol poisoning clear in travel advice after the deaths of| Food Safety News
Almost 50 confirmed E. coli infections and several deaths have been reported in eight nursing homes in a region of Belgium. In Flanders, it has been| Food Safety News
Joseph Journell thought he was doing the wholesome thing when he fed raw, unpasteurized milk to his cats. Journell also drank the raw milk, thinking it| Food Safety News
An ongoing outbreak of infections from Salmonella Enteritidis has been traced to eggs from a Wisconsin poultry farm. The Centers for Disease Control and| Food Safety News