The Food Safety Agency calls for caution on the Salmonella outbreak that Norway links to Spanish cucumbers

The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (Aesan), attached to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, has called for caution to avoid generating alarm because of an outbreak of Salmonella registered in Norway, which the Nordic country associates with the consumption of Spanish cucumbers. Aesan's sources issued this statement to Servimedia after the newspaper El País wrote about this issue based on information issued by the Norwegian authorities. The same sources pointed out that authorities had not confirmed that the outbreak had originated from food of Spanish origin. They also stated that the information reported by Norway through the EU Rapid Alert System (RASFF) was inconclusive and had not been totally verified, which means the outbreak could have been caused by other food. Aesan has already contacted the Alerts and Emergencies Coordination Center and the regional authorities to analyze traceability in case the food is of Spanish origin. An outbreak in Norway, the ...