The patient count in an E. Coli O157:H7 outbreak among daycare centers in Calgary has increased to 128, with 25 children having been admitted to hospitals.
Officials now report that nine hospitalized children have been
Continue Reading Almost 130 children identified in an E. coli outbreak associated with daycare centers
A deadly Listeria outbreak in Sweden has been traced to fish from one producer.
Nineteen sick people are aged 63 to 93, including 13 men and six women. Patients have been reported from 10 different
Continue Reading Deadly Listeria outbreak solved in Sweden.
Health officials in Portugal have found the reason why more than 200 people fell ill recently after eating a type of bread.
The Directorate-General of Health (DGS) said 209 cases were associated with the consumption
Continue Reading Officials solve bread poisoning incident in Portugal that sickened more than 200
An E. Coli outbreak in Calgary, Canada, has closed 11 daycare centers and hospitalized a dozen people.
Alberta Health Services reports at least 50 children with symptoms of E. Coli infection have gone to hospitals.
Continue Reading A dozen children hospitalized in E. coli outbreak at daycare centers
A Salmonella outbreak in a Welsh city has been declared over after sickening more than 30 people.
A total of 33 confirmed and one probable case were linked to a pub in Wrexham.
Despite an
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak in Wrexham, Wales, over after 30 people fell sick
Although there hasn’t been a public update, the Arkansas Department of Health has told officials at the University of Arkansas that an E. Coli outbreak appears to have passed its peak.
The health department told
Continue Reading University of Arkansas E. coli outbreak ‘past its peak’
Public health officials in Hong Kong have investigated a number of recent food poisoning cases linked to a range of different foods.
Earlier this week, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of
Continue Reading Several food poisoning outbreaks probed in Hong Kong
More than 130 people have fallen sick in 11 countries with contaminated chicken meat from Poland suspected as being the source of infection.
An analysis by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Continue Reading Contaminated chicken suspected for Salmonella cases in 11 countries
The FDA is investigating two new outbreaks, one from Salmonella Newport and the other from Cryptosporidium.
According to the outbreak announcements, the agency has not yet determined the source of the bacteria.
Food and Drug
Continue Reading FDA investigating new Salmonella, Cryptosporidium outbreaks
The Ice Cream House voluntarily recalls all dairy ice cream products and non-dairy (Parve) frozen dessert products because of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recalled products were sold at the Ice Cream House in
Continue Reading Ice cream company recalls dozens of products because of Listeria contamination.