Sciensano - Salmonella suspected in outbreak at Belgian school
Around 150 students and teachers from a school in Belgium are ill with possible food poisoning. The Agency for Care and Health and the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food...
View ArticleSciensano - Belgian Salmonella outbreak traced to tartare sauce
A Salmonella outbreak that sickened almost 200 people at a Belgian school was likely caused by eggs used to make a tartare sauce, according to authorities. The Agency for Care...
View ArticleSciensano - Belgian Listeria infections linked to Dutch outbreak
Two people in Belgium have been infected with the same type of Listeria behind an outbreak in the Netherlands with European agencies investigating illnesses in other...
View ArticleSciensano - Belgium reports record high number of outbreaks
Belgium has recorded the highest number of foodborne outbreaks in a year since recordkeeping began. This past year, 571 outbreaks were reported to the National Reference...
View ArticleSciensano - Food poisoning drops significantly at youth camps in Belgium
The Belgian food safety authority has had to step in less this summer at youth camps following outbreaks of food poisoning. The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain...
View ArticleSciensano - Norovirus outbreak reported at Belgian school; raw vegetables blamed
More than 150 students and staff at a school in Belgium fell ill during an outbreak of norovirus earlier this month, according to information recently released. The Federal...
View ArticleSciensano - Outbreaks down but recalls up for Belgium in 2020
More than 330 outbreaks affected more than 1,200 people in Belgium in 2020, according to the food agency's annual report. The 333 outbreaks sickened 1,262 people with 27...
View ArticleSciensano - Belgium reports large rise in foodborne illness outbreaks in 2021
An additional 200 outbreaks were recorded in Belgium in 2021 versus the year before, according to the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain . There was a significant...
View ArticleSciensano - Belgian officials practice outbreak response
Experts in Belgium have taken part in an exercise to improve management of foodborne outbreaks in the country. The event, coordinated this past month by Sciensano, the national...
View ArticleSciensano - Belgium to test wastewater on airliners from COVID-hit China
The new measure was “not meant to track people but to track independently what is happening in China”, said Steven Van Gucht of the Sciensano national public health institute.
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