Two people have died from listeria infections in Australia after probably eating contaminated smoked salmon, officials say.
A third person also contracted the illness - known as listeriosis - but survived. The three cases happened in different states
Ready-to-eat salmon products, such as cold-smoked and marinated salmon, are the likely source of an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes that has affected Denmark, Germany and France since 2015.
Fish farming is big business - the industry now produces about 100 million tonnes a year - and with salmon prices soaring, producers are turning to lasers, automation and artificial intelligence to boost production and cut costs.
Chile's national fisheries and aquaculture service Sernapesca launched an emergency for algal bloom contamination in the Gulf of Penas in the Aysen region and its surrounding areas. The call follows the launch of an investigation last week after two
Salmon producers in Chile, under pressure from international buyers to reduce the amount of antibiotics they put into their fish, intensified their use of the substances in 2015 from the previous year, government statistics showed on Friday.
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