French authorities have warned about wild mushroom consumption after seeing a spike in poisoning cases.
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) said mushroom picking had started earlier than usual in
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The number of domestic foodborne outbreaks in China has increased over 10 years, according to a study.
Researchers analyzed the cause of household foodborne disease outbreaks from 2010 to 2020 using data from the National
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Police are investigating after three people died from suspected mushroom poisoning in Australia.
Four people were taken to the hospital on July 30 after they became ill following a meal at a house in Leongatha
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Public health officials have signed off on an outbreak investigation in Montana saying that morel mushrooms were most likely what made dozens of people sick and killed two.
In addition to the two deaths, the
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Vibrio and Salmonella are the top bacterial pathogens linked to outbreaks in catering facilities, according to a decade of data from incidents in China.
From 2010 to 2020, China’s catering service facilities reported 18,331 outbreaks
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Meat thermometer ownership is growing but raw and rare meat consumption is increasing, according to an Australian charity.
The Food Safety Information Council conducts consumer research to see how Australians are doing in certain areas
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The Food Safety Information Council has reminded people in Australia about the risks of getting sick from eating certain types of wild mushrooms.
The charity said that mushrooms are growing around the country after wet
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Chinese officials recorded almost 500 mushroom poisoning outbreaks in 2022 with 28 associated deaths.
This past year, China CDC investigated 482 incidents of mushroom poisoning across 21 regions. This resulted in 1,332 patients and 28 deaths.
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France has recorded more than 60 illnesses linked to wild mushrooms since the beginning of September.
Recent weather conditions have favored the growth of wild mushrooms and more than 60 intoxications have been reported to
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The Food Safety Information Council has warned people in Australia not to pick wild mushrooms because of the risk of poisoning.
The group said deathcap (Amanita phalloides) mushrooms are difficult to distinguish from some other
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