An outbreak of a new serovar of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica with antigenic formula 11:z41:e,n,z15, initially detected in Greece, affected 47 individuals in five European Union countries (the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom) between March 2016 and May 2017. Epidemiological and microbiological evidence linked some of the outbreak cases to a sesame paste produced by a Greek manufacturer. The sesame seeds used for the production of the sesame paste were traced back to an African country. The same Greek manufacturer also processed a batch of sesame seeds imported from another African country that tested Salmonella positive after processing. The most recent cases associated with this outbreak were reported in Germany and Luxembourg in March 2017.
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