An outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka linked to chicken products in Ukraine
30 June, 2023
The INFOSAN (International Food Safety Authorities Network) Secretariat has been following the development of a multi-country outbreak (n=247) of Salmonella Mbandaka ST413 linked to chicken products from Ukraine. According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the latest numbers available of the cases reported are Czech Republic (n=5), Estonia (n=3), Finland (n=89), France (n=10), Germany (n=2), Ireland (n=1), Israel (n=4), the Netherlands (n=1), and the United Kingdom (n=132). In the UK Four patients were admitted to hospitals and one person died.
The latest cases have been detected as of March 2023 in the United Kingdom, linked through genome sequencing.
