More people fall sick despite the decrease of outbreaks of food-borne infections

donderdag 5 november 2015 12:00

In 2014, fewer outbreaks of food-borne infections and food poisoning occurred in relation to previous years. However, due to a rise in the number of affected individuals per outbreak reported, the total number of sick persons has increased by 13% compared to 2013. This was demonstrated in the ‘Registry data of food-borne infections and food poisoning in the Netherlands in 2014’ report by RIVM and the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority.