Editor’s note: After this story published the U.S. Food and Drug administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted outbreak updates naming Thomson International, a California company, as the source of implicated
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Child dies in Norway after E. coli infection
A child in Norway has died in a hospital after suffering complications from an E. coli infection.
The 2-year-old, from the Oslo area of the country, developed the serious kidney disease hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)…
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Norway records slight decline in foodborne outbreaks
The number of foodborne outbreaks in Norway declined slightly this past year from 2018, according to the country’s public health agency.
In 2019, 223 outbreaks from all sources were reported with 5,401 cases of disease.…
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Hepatitis A increase in Chinese province linked to seafood
An increase in hepatitis A infections in a Chinese province earlier this year has been attributed to eating raw or undercooked seafood.
In February 2020, there was a 138 percent increase in hepatitis A infections…
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Mysterious Salmonella outbreak quickly sweeping across the country
Federal health officials said this afternoon that a Salmonella outbreak of unknown origin is spreading rapidly, increasing to 23 states. Now there are 212 patients, which is up by 87 cases since the CDC’s outbreak…
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Restaurant patrons in Oregon could be part of nationwide outbreak
Salmonella Newport victims who ate at an Oregon restaurant could be part of a multistate outbreak, but state and federal officials are not specifically confirming that fact.
Oregon has by far been the hardest hit…
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Listeria cases prompt warning in New Zealand
Authorities in New Zealand are looking into three recent Listeria cases to see if they are linked and to find a source of the infections.
While investigations are underway to find the vehicle of infection…
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More than 100 sick in Salmonella outbreak of unknown origin
More than a month after the first illness onset, federal officials have announced a Salmonella outbreak that has been making people sick since June 19. Of those for whom the information is available a fourth…
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New study shows link between animal operation and orchard contamination
One in every five air samples in almond orchards adjacent to a poultry operation tested positive for E. coli during a two-year study published recently.
“Microorganisms Move a Short Distance into an Almond Orchard from…
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Si Casa Flores in Grants Pass linked in Oregon Salmonella outbreak
Josephine County Public Health reported that a local Salmonella cluster of cases has affected several individuals in Grants Pass, Oregon, after dining at a local restaurant. Josephine County Public Health officials are seeking additional customers…
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