Imported beef is to blame for a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 50 people, according to Danish officials. Since March, 51 people in Denmark have been infected with the same type of Salmonella, said the Statens Serum Institut (SSI). The Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak has sickened 31 men and 20 women. Patients are between the ages of less than 1 year old to 83 years old with a median age of 37. They live throughout the country. 18 people have been hospitalized but no deaths have been recorded. From patient interviews, 35 of 37 people reported eating ground beef prior to disease ..read more

A Salmonella outbreak in Denmark has now affected 40 people with ground meat suspected as the source. In less than a month, at least 40 people have been infected with the same type of Salmonella, said the Statens Serum Institut (SSI). It was previously reported that 12 people were sick in the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. Patients are 24 men and 16 women aged between less than 1 year old and 83 years old, with a median age of 36. The SSI, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen), and DTU Food Institute continue investigating the outbreak. Suspicion falls on meat so ..read more

Twenty people have fallen sick, and five have died in a Listeria outbreak linked to fish that has been ongoing since 2019. Most cases have been recorded in Denmark, but there are two in Italy and one in Germany. Sliced smoked salmon products are the likely source of infection. The latest illness was reported in March 2024 in Denmark. The German patient fell sick in 2022, and the Italian patients in 2023. Of the 20 cases, 13 are female and seven male, with ages ranging from 20 to 90. Five people have died, but for the German patient, the cause of death was not Listeria monocytogenes infection ..read more

A dozen people have fallen sick in recent weeks in a Salmonella outbreak in Denmark. During March and April, 12 cases of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported, said the Statens Serum Institut (SSI). People were infected with the same type of Salmonella. Patients are between 5 and 80 years old with a median age of 35. Six are males and six are females. Patients have been reported from different parts of the country. The SSI, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen), and DTU Food Institute are investigating the outbreak. SSI is performing whole genome sequencing of ..read more

According to the Danish food agency, there is still uncertainty among chefs and kitchen workers about the management of norovirus. A Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen) control and guidance campaign targeted restaurants, kitchens, and shops that supply ready-to-eat (RTE) food. Work involved 829 visits from June to November 2023. The agency asked kitchen managers what steps they should take to prevent outbreaks. Some said they were unsure how far they could go concerning an employee’s illness and health. Scale of issue Norovirus is the most common cause of foodborne ou ..read more

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