Mary Wilson
Well-known member
December 10, 2024
By News Desk
The number of people sickened in an outbreak of Salmonella in Norway involving alfalfa sprouts has doubled to almost 50.
In an update provided by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI), the patient count rose by 26 to 49. This includes 42 infected with Salmonella Newport and seven with Salmonella Typhimurium.
Illness onset dates started in mid-October. Patients range in age from 7 to 87, with a median of 46 years old, and 35 are women. A total of 24 people have been hospitalized. ...
Swedish connection
Salmonella Typhimurium has also been detected in an outbreak in Sweden, where the suspected source of infection is organic alfalfa sprouts. Norway and Sweden received seeds for alfalfa sprouts from the same European distributor. ...
Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Public Health Agency of Sweden) said 92 people from 18 regions had been infected with one of 12 genetically closely related Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type (ST) 36 variants. ...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024...a-outbreak-traced-to-sprouts/#google_vignette
By News Desk
The number of people sickened in an outbreak of Salmonella in Norway involving alfalfa sprouts has doubled to almost 50.
In an update provided by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI), the patient count rose by 26 to 49. This includes 42 infected with Salmonella Newport and seven with Salmonella Typhimurium.
Illness onset dates started in mid-October. Patients range in age from 7 to 87, with a median of 46 years old, and 35 are women. A total of 24 people have been hospitalized. ...
Swedish connection
Salmonella Typhimurium has also been detected in an outbreak in Sweden, where the suspected source of infection is organic alfalfa sprouts. Norway and Sweden received seeds for alfalfa sprouts from the same European distributor. ...
Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Public Health Agency of Sweden) said 92 people from 18 regions had been infected with one of 12 genetically closely related Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type (ST) 36 variants. ...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024...a-outbreak-traced-to-sprouts/#google_vignette