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
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Almost 30 cases of ciguatera fish poisoning have been recorded so far this year in Vanuatu.
The 27 patients range in age from 6 to 67 years old with the majority aged 35 and older.
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The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) in Hong Kong identified more than 2,000 incidents this past year.
Less than one-fourth, about 440, related to undeclared allergens, according to data from the Food Incident Surveillance System
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A man is in a critical condition in a hospital in Hong Kong after consuming puffer fish and suffering suspected tetrodotoxin poisoning.
The 65-year-old man developed facial numbness, general weakness and respiratory failure about two
Continue Reading Man critically ill in Hong Kong after eating puffer fish
In the 1990s, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) used proteins to identify seafood, but the profiling method could only match to a standard sample. They had to have frozen tissues from all of
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working with local officials to investigate a case of tetrodotoxin poisoning in Fairfax County, VA, which they suspect is linked to the consumption of imported puffer fish, according
Continue Reading FDA Investigating Puffer Fish Poisoning in Virginia
