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Pesticide Usage in Scotland: Outdoor Vegetable Crops 2023

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on outdoor vegetable crops in Scotland during 2023.

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Salmonella umbilo Outbreak - UK distribution

There is a current and ongoing outbreak of Salmonella umbilo reported both in RASFF notifications as positive tests and as public health issues . As of late September, there were 98 cases in Germany, 16 patients in Austria and 23 in Denmark.
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EU Salmonella Strathcona Outbreak

The European Commission has issued a mandate sent to EFSA and ECDE for a rapid outbreak assessment regarding multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona infections presumably linked to consumption of tomatoes of Italian (Sicilian) origin.

FSA publishes its fourth Retail Surveillance Survey

The FSA Retail Surveillance Sampling programme is targeted at areas of known or potential food safety risk. The survey took place from July 2023 to January 2024 and sampled 1025 products in total, including those that may be found in a typical bas... Read more...