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Two major outbreaks of E. coli, the verdict in the Australian mushroom case and developments in the South African Listeria class action lawsuit dominated global news in 2025.
Italian produce has continued to make headlines for the wrong reasons, with salmonella outbreaks attributed to sprouted alfalfa seeds and tomatoes. Ireland has reported a Listeria outbreak with nine people sickened and one death linked to ready meals produced by Ballymaguire Foods. Botulism has once again caused several pathological incidents in Lithuania, Italy and France.
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