Listeriosis outbreak in Germany linked to fish from Poland

In Germany, since 2010, 24 cases of listeriosis infection from smoked or cooked salmon have been recorded. Food Safety News reports that recently German scientists were able to identify the source of nine infections over the past year - the victims were infected through fish shipped from Poland. At the same time, scientists in a message seen by sfera.fm note that the security measures taken now are not enough to protect consumers. The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed has detected Listeria monocytogenes in smoked salmon from Poland, the report said. The analysis established a link between these samples of Listeria and those previously taken from the sick, ...