Trichinella - EU notes rise in foodborne outbreak illnesses and deaths in 2018
The number of people getting sick, being hospitalized and dying in foodborne outbreaks in Europe increased in 2018, according to the annual report on zoonoses. Salmonella...
View ArticleTrichinella - STEC climbs into third while Listeria continues to rise in Europe
The number of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections in Europe jumped last year while the increasing trend of Listeria cases continued, according to an annual report on...
View ArticleDozens of Trichinella illnesses linked to wild boar meat
A number of patients with symptoms of Trichinellosis have been detected near the Italian city of Turin. A statement from early January by health authorities put the number of...
View ArticleFrance and Serbia Trichinella outbreak linked to backyard pigs
Meat from backyard pigs was the source of a trichinellosis outbreak in France and Serbia in 2017. Three patients were exposed in Serbia and took pork back to France where they...
View ArticleWHO and FAO look at Trichinella and Taenia saginata in meat
Experts have helped develop risk-based approaches to control two parasites in meat, requiring the re-evaluation of traditional practices and the assessment of regulatory and...
View ArticleTrichinella - FAO highlights ‘often neglected' foodborne parasites
Officials have published a document highlighting ways to avoid the risks from foodborne parasites transmitted by pork, freshwater fish and crustaceans. Foodborne parasitic...
View ArticleArgentina notes downward trend in Trichinella outbreaks
Argentinian authorities have published a report they hope will increase understanding of the Trichinella situation in the country. The National Service for Agrifood Health and...
View ArticleTwo sick in France because of Trichinella in wild boar meat
Two people have been diagnosed with trichinellosis after eating undercooked wild boar meat in France. The animal was killed during a hunt on Dec. 8, 2020, in the...
View ArticleTrichinella - Researchers find gaps in EU parasite surveillance
Adequate surveillance programs for most foodborne parasites in Europe are lacking, according to a recently published study. Researchers found although human and animal data are...
View ArticleTrichinella - New report shows Listeria up, other diseases down in Europe in...
Campylobacter, Salmonella and E. coli infections declined in Europe but Listeria monocytogenes infections went up in 2019, according to figures from the zoonoses...
View ArticleTrichinella - Risk to UK has not risen but delay on EU food checks poses...
The overall risk to food safety has not increased as a result of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, according to the Food Standards Agency . The authority officials...
View ArticleArgentina hit by Trichinella outbreaks linked to pork
A number of Argentinian provinces have recently reported human outbreaks of trichinellosis. Trichinellosis, or trichinosis, is an illness people can get by eating raw or...
View Article250 sick in Argentinian Trichinella outbreak
A province in Argentina has reported almost 250 cases of trichinosis linked to eating pork products. Health officials in Córdoba revealed that 244 cases of trichinosis had been...
View ArticleTrichinella reports in Europe climb again after record low in 2018
The Trichinella notification rate in Europe almost doubled in 2019 compared to 2018, according to recently published data. In 2019, 12 countries reported 141 cases of...
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