Infant Formula Linked to Multi-Country Salmonella Outbreak
A multi-country Salmonellaoutbreak in Europe has been linked to one common food source: infant formula.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have confirmed that multiple Salmonella Poona illnesses in France (30), Belgium (1), and Luxembourg (1) are all genetically linked. The young children affected experienced symptoms as early as August 2018 and as recently as February 2019.