Three people have died in an ongoing Listeria outbreak linked to fish in the United Kingdom.
The UK Health Security Agency, Food Standards Agency (FSA), Public Health Scotland and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are investigating the Listeria monocytog
Listeria monocytogenes has been detected in a number of frozen vegetables tested in Ireland.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) said findings show a potential risk of illness for consumers who have non-ready-to-eat (RTE) frozen vegetables, f
Listeria as a bacterial genus contains several species, however, only one is known to be pathogenic to humans and of real concern to food, dairy, and beverage processors - Listeria monocytogenes.
The presence of Listeria monocytogenes in food products
The UKHSA, Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland are investigating an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes linked to smoked fish.##continue reading
French researchers have found out more about how the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes gets into the brain.
Listeria monocytogenes is responsible for listeriosis, a severe foodborne illness that can lead to a central nervous system infection
Researchers have suggested opportunities are being missed to prevent listeriosis from pre-packed sandwiches.
Eating pre-prepared sandwiches served in hospitals was the most common source of Listeria infections in England and Wales between 1981 and 20
Outbreaks of Listeria monocytogenes in recent years have reminded the food industry of the serious food safety concern this pathogen creates along the food chain. Often associated with ready-to-eat foods, all food business operators (FBOs) who manufa
An international food safety network was involved in more than double the number of incidents in the first three months of this year compared to the previous quarter.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) dealt with 56 events in
Due to its ability to colonise, grow and form in niches in food manufacturing environments, the management of Listeria monocytogenes can be complex, particularly for food manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). In addition to an effe
Campylobacter, Salmonella and E. coli infections declined in Europe but Listeria monocytogenes infections went up in 2019, according to figures from the zoonoses report.
Campylobacteriosis was the top infection followed by Salmonellosis, Shiga toxin-
A significant proportion of listeriosis cases in Germany are caused by eating smoked or cured salmon products, according to the Robert Koch-Institut (RKI).
A total of 22 cross-federal state outbreaks of listeriosis have evidence pointing to smoked or
Researchers have expanded knowledge of the United Kingdom’s involvement in a multi-country Listeria outbreak.
Twelve patients were detected in the UK between 2015 and 2018 and contaminated sweetcorn was recovered from the freezer of another person in
Greenyard is to pay half a million euros to settle allegations of communication failures about the Listeria contamination at its frozen vegetable factory in Hungary in 2018.
The related outbreak included 54 cases of listeriosis in Australia, Finland,
Later infections in a deadly Listeria outbreak traced to sandwiches served in hospitals in England could have been prevented, according to an investigation into the incident.
The first outbreak patient in April 2019 was not confirmed for almost two m
A 2008 Canadian outbreak of listeriosis with 22 deaths for a mortality rate of 38.5 percent out of the 57 infections may finally be over for Toronto’s Maple Leaf Foods.
Twelve years after the deadly listeriosis outbreak, Canada’s Supreme Court has di
Listeria was detected in almost a quarter of frozen vegetable samples in England, according to a study.
Between December 2018 and April 2019, 1,050 frozen fruit and vegetable samples were collected. Listeria monocytogenes or other Listeria species we
The factory of a sandwich producer in England linked to an illness was contaminated by Listeria for almost three years, a report into the incident has found.
In July 2017, Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from the blood of a 53-year-old in a hospi
Further to FSAI food alert 2020.35, Union Hall Smoked Fish is recalling an additional batch of its Smoked Salmon Pâté due to the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in stores supplied with the implicate
Researchers have estimated there are 180 deaths per year in the United Kingdom caused by foodborne diseases from 11 pathogens.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) estimates that about 2.4 million cases of foodborne illness occur every year in the UK.
At least two people have died in a Listeria outbreak linked to chilled smoked trout fillets in the Netherlands.
All six sick people have been hospitalized and two died from their infections. Another person has died but no information about the cause
