Brussels, 19/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - Listeriosis, which can be contracted by eating contaminated food or coming into contact with infected animals, has continued to spread in the EU, killing 198 people in 2012, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announced on Wednesday 19 February.
The member states notified 1,642 cases of listeriosis in 2012, which is 10.5% up on the previous year, confirming the upward trend which began in 2008. Spain, the Scandinavian countries, France and...