NEWS PLUS+ Issue 34 | 30.08.2019
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1. English man becomes first international patient in Spanish Listeria outbreak
27.08.2019. UK/Spain. Listeria
The first international case of listeriosis linked to an outbreak in Spain that has sickened almost 200 people and killed two is being investigated by British public health officials.
Source: Food Safety News
2. Ciguatera fish poisoning is becoming an increasing risk in Europe
28.08.2019. Europe. Ciguatoxin
Ciguatera fish poisoning is becoming an increasing risk in Europe with a 60% rise of ciguatoxin cases in the last decade, according to AESAN (Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition).
Source: Food Navigator
3. Global agencies update ASF spread, Pork Checkoff weighs in
29.08.19. Global. African Swine Fever
ASF - which is expected to wipe out half of the pigs in China by 2020 - has now spread to seven Asian countries and part of Russia just one year after the first outbreak was reported in China.
Source: Meatingplace
4. Celebrity chef to advise UK government on hospital food following Listeria deaths
26.08.19. UK. Listeria
Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith will advise the Government review into bedside meals, amid growing criticism of patients’ food.
Source: Barf Blog
5. Dangerous E. coli strains adapt well to life in cattle, threatening people
28.08.2019. Global. E.coli
Researchers have looked at why dangerous forms of E. coli keep appearing in cattle.
Source 1: Food Safety News
Source 2: Genome Research
6. Airborne transmission’s role in spreading US 2015 bird flu
26.08.2019. USA. Avian Influenza
Airborne transmission is likely to have played a role in spreading the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain that devastated the US poultry industry in 2015, resulting in over $3.2bn in economic impacts. In less than 7 months, 232 farms in 15 states and over 50 million birds were infected.
Source: Poultry World
7. Cyclospora update shows more than 1,600 infected since May
30.08.2019. USA. Cyclospora
Parasite season, specifically Cyclospora season, is showing no signs of ending early this year, with the CDC reporting more than 1,600 people infected since May 1.
Source: Food Safety News
8. Scotland reports rise of E. coli infections in 2018
26.08.2019. Scotland. E.coli
The number of E. coli infections recorded in Scotland increased in 2018, according to a report on surveillance data from the country.Cases of E. coli O157 decreased while non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) increased. About a third of the infected people were admitted to hospitals for at least one night during their illness.
Source: Food Safety News
9. Long incubation period during Salmonella outbreak in Norway
30.08.2019. Norway. Salmonella
Researchers have stressed the need for awareness of long incubation periods as part of an investigation into a Salmonella outbreak in Norway in 2017.
Source: Food Safety News
10. Israel issues adulterated alcohol warning following deaths
29.08.2019. Israel. Adulteration
At least 13 people have died in Israel since the start of 2018 because of methanol poisoning from alcohol, according to the country’s Ministry of Health.
Source: Food Safety News
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