Food Borne Pathogens and Global Supply Chains

Food borne pathogens are borderless, thanks to global supply chains. An outbreak of Yersinia in Sweden has ended with iceberg lettuce as the suspected source of infection. From January until the beginning of February this year, twice as many people fell ill with Yersinia infection as did during the same period in a normal year.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/03/yersinia-outbreak-linked-to-imported-iceberg-lettuce/

 

Food Safety Illness and Death Rates up in EU in 2019. What About 2020?

 https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/02/foodborne-outbreak-illnesses-deaths-increase-in-europe/?utm_source=Food+Safety+News&utm_campaign=b1c2b2906f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f46cc10150-b1c2b2906f-40399215: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) annual report--illness and death rates in EU countries up in 2019 from food pathogens. Risks highest in nursing homes and at home. Wonder what 2020 report will show?!!