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CDC: Produce, Salmonella Drove Multistate Foodborne Enteric Disease Outbreaks in 2024

CDC has published a report summarizing the multistate enteric disease outbreaks it solved in 2024, of which 29 were foodborne, resulting in 1,533 illnesses, 519 hospitalizations, a...

Large Salmonella and Listeria outbreaks hit Sweden in 2025

There were large foodborne outbreaks of Salmonella and Listeria in Sweden in 2025, according to a report from the Swedish Veterinary Agency (SVA).A Salmonella outbreak in August 20...

Another patient identified in a deadly outbreak traced to soft cheese

The outbreak began in 2023

Swiss food agency reports spike in outbreaks

England sees Salmonella spike in early 2026

There were more than 2,000 Salmonella infections in January to March this year in England, but Campylobacter cases declined.Figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show...

Outbreak numbers related to backyard poultry flocks rising quickly

Over a quarter of people sickened in this outbreak are children younger than 5 years old

Listeria reports climb; most other pathogens down in Denmark

There were 56 foodborne outbreaks in 2025

FDA investigating two new outbreaks

Sources of the pathogens have not yet been identified

Belgian 2025 review includes deadly E. coli outbreak

The Belgian food agency’s annual report was released recently and highlighted a fatal E. coli outbreak and revealed food fraud cases.The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food C...

Canada confronts new HPAI outbreaks

WOAH has confirmed three highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in commercial poultry in Alberta, Canada, in May 2026, affecting turkeys, chickens and ducks. As of the...

Boar's Head inspection documents show years of safety problems preceded outbreak

More inspection documents showing food safety violations at the Boar’s Head production facility in Jarrett, VA, have come to light. A deadly outbreak of Listeria infections in 2024...

New viral outbreaks challenge scientists as unfamiliar strains emerge

Last month, a pair of viruses seized the headlines. First came a hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship, which caused as many as 13 infections, three of which were fatal. Then an...

New E. coli outbreak detected; FDA begins onsite inspections in Nara infant formula botulism outbreak

Federal public health officials are investigating a new outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections.The Food and Drug Administration reports that there are 14 outbreak patients. The age...

Patient count in Listeria outbreak traced to cheese has increased

In other outbreak news, there are now 70 people infected with Salmonella from an unknown source.

Outbreak of diarrhea from parasite expands to more states as US cases soar beyond last year’s level

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — There have been 1,645 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis acquired in the United States since May 1, and more than 5,100 additional cases are being...

Incidents up as Ireland records biggest Listeria outbreak

Ireland’s largest Listeria outbreak and plans to introduce a food hygiene rating system are among the highlights of the Irish food agency’s annual report.According to the Food Safe...

Measles, whooping cough spike amid low vaccination rates

Vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is causing new surges of measles and whooping cough, while COVID-19 hotspots persist in some states and a new threat looms from an Ebola out...

Foodborne Illness Deaths in Belgium Doubled in 2025

Only six deaths were reported in 2024. The majority (nine) of the 12 fatalities in 2025 were included in one E. coli outbreak linked to ground beef served at long-term care facilit...

Ten-Year Analysis of German Foodborne Illness Outbreaks Shows Rise in Those Linked to Plant-Based Foods

Between 2015 and 2024, the German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) and the Robert Koch Institute investigated 3,021 foodborne illness outbreaks

Major German E. coli outbreak sickened almost 500

Almost 500 people were sick in a major E. coli outbreak in Germany in 2025, according to recently released figures from a regional State Office for Health and Social Affairs.The La...

Why are there so many Salmonella outbreaks? 4 reasons for the nonstop food recalls, sicknesses, and safety warnings this...

More than 30 states across the country have had at least one case of someone sick with Salmonella so far in 2026.  Many of those cases are believed to be caused by contact with...

Utah marks a year of battling measles, with no clear end in sight

More than 680 people have gotten sick since the state's first outbreak began on June 20, 2025.

Measles, whooping cough spike amid low vaccination rates

Vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is causing new surges of measles and whooping cough, while COVID-19 hotspots persist in some states and a new threat looms from an Ebola out...

Listeria levels steady in England with 28 related deaths

The number of Cryptosporidium reports in England declined