First cross-border outbreak of foodborne botulism in the European Union associated with the consumption of commercial dried roach (Rutilus rutilus)

• Main Authors: David Hendrickx (Author), Carmen Varela Martínez (Author), Matthias Contzen (Author), Christiane Wagner-Wiening (Author), Karl-Heinz Janke (Author), Pablo Hernando Jiménez (Author), Susanne Massing (Author), Jeanette Pichler (Author), Petra Tichaczek-Dischinger (Author), Florian Burckhardt (Author), Klaus Stark (Author), Katharina Katz (Author), Annette Jurke (Author), Sebastian Thole (Author), Rosa Carbó (Author), Mariam Pascual del Pobil Ferré (Author), Milagros Nieto (Author), María Jesús Zamora (Author), Ana Sisó (Author), Pilar Pallares García (Author), Sylvia Valdezate (Author), Lars Schaade (Author), Sylvia Worbs (Author), Brigitte Gertrud Dorner (Author), Christina Frank (Author), Martin Bernhard Dorner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Botulism outbreaks due to commercial products are extremely rare in the European Union. Here we report on the first international outbreak of foodborne botulism caused by commercial salt-cured, dried roach (Rutilus rutilus). Between November and December 2016, an outbreak of six foodborne botulism t...