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4 dead, 1000 sick with Salmonella in Netherlands 2 years ago; fish processor still not up to scratch

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A fish processing company which was at the centre of a salmonella outbreak two years ago, has not yet cleaned up its act, health minister Edith Schippers has told parliament.

Foppen.salmonHarderwijk-based Foppen was at the centre of a global salmon contamination scandal in 2012, in which four people died and 1,000 became ill.

Recent check-ups at the company’s processing plant resulted in fines for a ‘mold-like’ substance  on conveyer belts and condensation in the prawn packing system, news agency ANP said.

Last month local broadcaster Omroep Gelderland reported all was not yet well at the company, leading MPs to ask the health minister questions.

‘I consider it worrying that despite the salmonella outbreak in 2012 checks in 2013 and 2014 show that Foppen is not yet up to scratch,’ Schippers said in her briefing.

950 sick, 3 dead, Netherlands: Safety council to investigate salmonella in smoked salmon

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Dutch News reports the national safety council will investigate fish processors Foppen where the outbreak occurred earlier this month, as well as the role of the government. The aim is to find out how such outbreaks should be dealt with in the future. There is no question of apportioning blame, says Nos television.

The salmonella was eventually traced to one of Foppen’s production lines in Greece.

So far 18 of the people who contracted salmonella have joined forces to fight for compensation.

3 dead, over 1000 sick in Dutch Salmonella outbreak

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I like salmon. There’s no wild salmon in Australia but it’s farmed in the cooler waters of Tasmania, and it’s an excellent product.

I used to eat a lot of smoked salmon, but that didn’t start until my 40s. Now, I can get better fillets and do it myself, although I do have the only kid at pre-school who has lunches of salmon, brie and baguette.

Sadly, smoked salmon has its risks.

Three elderly people have died and the number of those sickened by salmonella after eating infected smoked salmon has risen to 950, Dutch health officials said on Thursday.

Dutch food and consumer watchdog NVWA rang alarm bells earlier this month, pinning the outbreak on Dutch fish producer Foppen and advising all major Dutch supermarket chains to take the contaminated salmon off the shelves.

The National Institute for Public Health (RIVM) in the Netherlands.

added that around 100 people in the United States were also infected “by the same type of salmonella.”

Foppen, headquartered in the central Dutch town of Harderwijk in the meantime blamed a contaminated production line in Greece for the outbreak, Dutch media reported.

1 dead, over 500 sick in Dutch salmonella-in-smoked salmon outbreak

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The Dutch public health watchdog says at least one elderly patient has died and more than 500 people have been sickened in a major salmonella outbreak caused by tainted salmon.

The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment said in a statement Saturday tests have confirmed one death and another fatality is under investigation. Both victims were aged over 80.

The institute announced earlier this month that the outbreak had been traced to a Dutch company called Foppen and ordered its products pulled off shelves at stores across the Netherlands.

It now says the number of people sickened by tainted salmon before the recall has risen to at least 550.

CostCo Wholesale Corp., which sells Foppen products in the United States, also recalled salmon products.

300 sick with Salmonella in Dutch-US smoked salmon outbreak

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AFP reports that hundreds of consumers in the Netherlands and the United States have been sickened by Salmonella after eating smoked salmon produced at a Dutch fish factory, health authorities said Monday.

In the Netherlands “some 200 people have fallen ill through contaminated salmon” while in the US about 100 people were infected “by the same type of salmonella”, said the National Institute for Public Health (RIVM) in the Netherlands.

“The real number of infected people (is) likely to be higher,” the RIVM added in a statement, saying smoked salmon made by Dutch fish producer Foppen has been taken off the shelves and removed from storage fridges.

Foppen supplies smoked salmon to major supermarket chains including retail giant Albert Heijn, Dutch food and consumer watchdog NVWA said in a statement.

It warned consumers not to eat any Foppen salmon already bought at supermarkets, which had been advised to take the product off their shelves.

“An international recall is being prepared,” the RIVM added, referring to salmon sold in the United States.

The NVWA rang alarm bells Friday, issuing a recall and advising consumers not to eat smoked salmon produced by Foppen.