Danish officials are trying to find the source of a Listeria outbreak that has affected 17 people since 2019. Two illnesses have provisionally been registered in 2024, said the Statens Serum Institut (SSI).  Patients have been infected with the same type of Listeria monocytogenes since the summer of 2019. They are 13 women and four men with a median age of 73 years old. One patient is in their 20s and four are in their 80s. Two deaths reported All have been hospitalized and two people died within 30 days of the infection being detected. Two infections were recorded in 2019, one each in 20 ..read more

Scientists have provided information about the types of Salmonella and people infected by the pathogen over a decade in Denmark. They identified 9,944 Salmonella cases from 2013 to 2022. Results were published in the European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.  The leading non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) serotypes were Salmonella Enteritidis, monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium, and Salmonella Typhimurium. The median age for these cases was 42, with an even sex distribution. A third reported travel prior to the onset of the disease. The percentage of invasive NTS infec ..read more

Researchers in Denmark have shared lessons learned as part of work on national burden of disease estimates. The Danish burden of foodborne disease study ranks pathogens and chemicals. Results from 2019 showed the top hazards were Campylobacter, lead, peanut allergy, methylmercury, and Salmonella. National studies are helpful for risk ranking and identifying priorities for food safety resource allocation, found the study published in the journal Food Control. The National Food Institute launched an initiative to rank foodborne diseases in Denmark in 2015. The study highlights things l ..read more

Danish officials have solved an E. coli outbreak linked to meat that sickened six people. Since late March, half a dozen E. coli O157:H7 patients fell sick, and one developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS is a severe complication associated with E. coli infections that causes kidney failure. The first patient was identified in March, but the other five infections occurred around September. Five people were hospitalized, but no deaths have been recorded, said the Statens Serum Institut (SSI). The patients were five men and one woman between the ages of 2 and 35. The SSI, Danish Veterinar ..read more

Half a dozen people are sick in an ongoing E. coli O157 outbreak in Denmark. Since late March, six E. coli O157:H7 patients have been identified, and one person has developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS is a severe complication associated with E. coli infections that causes kidney failure. While the first case was in March, the other five occurred in September. Five people have been hospitalized, but no deaths have been recorded, said the Statens Serum Institut (SSI). Those sick live across the country, including three in Hovedstaden and one in Syddanmark, Sjælland, and Midtjylland. S ..read more

More than 130 people have fallen sick in 11 countries with contaminated chicken meat from Poland suspected as being the source of infection. An analysis by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) focused on two sub-clusters of Salmonella Enteritidis sequence type (ST) 11 with 134 cases mostly reported between January and August 2023. This Salmonella Enteritidis sequence type is the most frequently detected in Europe. In one cluster, 97 cases with recent or historical isolates, that were closely related genetically, were reported with 22 cases in Denmar ..read more

Denmark has topped a list of 10 countries when looking at hand hygiene practices during meal preparation. The rank of countries regarding proper hand hygiene practices was: Denmark, Greece, Norway, Romania, Hungary, Germany, UK, Portugal, France, and Spain, according to a study published in the journal BMC Public Health. Objectives were to evaluate which demographic groups are more likely to be exposed to foodborne pathogens and assess consumers’ self-reported hand hygiene practices. Families with members aged over 65 were less likely to apply hand hygiene practices at key moments than those w ..read more

Danish officials are searching for the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has affected more than a dozen people. From May to July, 14 people infected with the same type of Salmonella Enteritidis were registered at the Statens Serum Institut (SSI). Patients are six men and eight women, who live in different parts of the country. They are aged between 15 and 99 with a median of 38 years old. Five sick people are from Midtjylland and four in Syddanmark, while Hovedstaden and Sjælland both have two cases and one patient lives in Nordjylland. The SSI, Danish Veterinary and Food Administratio ..read more

The number of people sick has gone up in Denmark, but the number of outbreaks remained stable in 2022, according to recently released data. In 2022, there were 5,142 cases of Campylobacter and 899 cases of Salmonella, compared to 3,740 and 692 in 2021. Of Campylobacter and Salmonella cases in the past year, 28 percent and 40 percent were travel-related. Overall numbers increased for the second year in a row and are back at the same level as before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the annual report on zoonoses in Denmark. A total of 63 foodborne outbreaks, with 1,284 patients, were reported ..read more

Danish officials are searching for the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has affected 16 people with one recorded death. During March and April 2023, 16 cases of Salmonella Muenchen have been recorded. Eight men and eight women are sick. Patients are aged between 10 and 95 with a median of 73 years old. One person has died and seven have been hospitalized. Ill people live all over the country with eight cases in Hovedstaden, four in Sjælland, three in Midtjylland, and one in Syddanmark. The Statens Serum Institut (SSI), Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen),&nbs ..read more