Investigations of Foodborne Diseases by Food Inspection Services in The Netherlands, 1991 to 1994.

Foodborne illnesses investigated in the period 1991 to 1994 by the regional Food Inspection Services in The Netherlands are summarized and evaluated. In this period 2,621 incidents were reported, involving 7,567 ill people. Types of food most commonly implicated were Chinese-Indonesian food and meat products.

Fungal Infection and Presence of Deoxynivalenol and Zearalenone in Cereals Grown in The Netherlands.

In 1991 and 1993 cereals were sampled during harvest in The Netherlands. The samples were tested for the presence of molds and the samples of 1993 were additionally tested for the mycotoxins deoxynivalenol and zearalenone. The molds were identified to genus level and those belonging to the genus Fusarium to species level.

Consumption by Healthy Adults of Pasteurized Milk with a High Concentration of Bacillus cereus : A Double-Blind Study.

A double-blind experiment with 34 healthy human volunteers, aged between 20 and 60 years, was conducted to obtain information about the allowable concentration of B. cereus in pasteurized milk. During a period of 3 weeks the subjects were exposed to B.