Study adds to details about Ferrero Salmonella outbreak

Scientists have described the investigations performed and control measures taken in relation to a multi-country Salmonella outbreak traced to Ferrero chocolate in 2022. In February 2022, the United Kingdom detected a monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium cluster of patients based on whole genome sequencing (WGS). Several other countries reported cases in the… More

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Cases double in Dutch Hepatitis A outbreak

Two dozen people were sickened in the Netherlands after eating blueberries contaminated with hepatitis A. The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) said it received 24 reports of people who very likely contracted hepatitis A from frozen blueberries. This is double the number of cases since the outbreak was announced… More

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