Record Salmonella Outbreak in Belgium Infects at Least 306
- Health authorities reported a Salmonella outbreak across seven countries on Tuesday, with the United Kingdom recording 207 confirmed cases and one death. Investigators suspect imported eggs, primarily used in food service, caused the illnesses.
- The UK Health Security Agency and Food Standards Agency are investigating the outbreak, which is strongly associated with eggs imported from outside the UK. These eggs are mainly used by restaurants, cafes, and catering businesses.
- Victims include infants and adults as old as 90, and while Salmonella typically triggers mild gastroenteritis, 38 per cent of affected patients required hospital admission. Two individuals developed life-threatening bloodstream infections.
- The FSA advises vulnerable groups—including children under five, pregnant women, and those over 65—to avoid runny or lightly cooked eggs when dining out. Fully cooked eggs remain safe.
- Will Raw, NFU Poultry Board chair, expressed "deep concern" over the outbreak, warning that "food produced to standards that would be illegal in the UK is still being allowed into our market." Raw called this situation unacceptable.
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Three hundred people were infected with salmonella, using a batch of eggs from a chicken farm in Flanders.
On Tuesday, the Belgian Food Safety Agency announced that at least 306 people were infected with salmonella after eating eggs from a chicken farm with an unprecedented outbreak of disease. According to Reuters, the agency added that people who showed symptoms had been infected with a strain discovered on the farm, while noting that many more were likely to be infected but had not been examined, showing only minor symptoms or no symptoms at all.
A record outbreak of salmonella, associated with a Belgian chicken farm, infected at least 306 people after consuming contaminated eggs, announced Tuesday the Belgian food safety agency, quoted by Reuters.
Up to 2 million eggs possibly contaminated with the bacteria were sold in Belgium and neighboring Luxembourg, where the local health authority also issued a recall order.
At least 306 people have been infected with salmonella in Belgium, in an unusually large cluster of cases linked to eggs from a poultry farm, according to the country's food safety agency. The post Belgium: Salmonella outbreak from eggs – Over 300 people sickened appeared first on in.gr.
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