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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12063

17 July 2018
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Health
EFSA monitoring listeria outbreak situation
Brussels, 16/07/2018 (Agence Europe)

After the contaminated egg crisis of summer 2017, are we now experiencing a frozen vegetables crisis? According to an interim report by the European Food Safety Agency, an outbreak of listeria has left 9 people dead and 38 sick over a three year period in five EU countries. 

This strain was detected in frozen vegetables from a Hungarian factory and the five countries affected include Austria, Denmark, Finland, the United Kingdom and Sweden.

In a press release, the EFSA explains that on 29...

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