Foodborne infections decreased in Sweden in 2020, at least according to reports; during the pandemic, many did not see their primary doctors, though.

The year 2019 saw an increase in foodborne outbreaks in France, as reported by public health officials. 

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recently published findings in EFSA Journal that showed that the number of people getting sick and dying as a result of foodborne outbreaks in Europe went up in 2019.

Officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have published a document highlighting ways to avoid the risks from foodborne parasites transmitted by pork, freshwater fish, and crustaceans.

According to industry estimates, at least one-third of food recalls in North America may directly be related to sanitation, hygiene and material handling issues in food facilities. On an associative note, the CDC lists unsanitary equipment and surfaces as one of the top five contributing factors of foodborne illness outbreaks.

One of the Food Safety Summit’s closing sessions, “Foodborne Illness Outbreak Mock Criminal Trial – A View from the Jury Box" took place on Thursday, October 23rd. 

Another recall just came across the news feed. A few minutes before that, there was a news flash about a foodborne outbreak. It got me to thinking: What is the correlation, if any, between the foodborne outbreaks and recalls?

Food Safety Strategies recently was able to talk with Lee Patty, VP and general manager at NiceLabel Americas, about cloud-based labeling systems and foodborne illnesses.