Foodborne Diseases & Outbreaks

Africa CDC sets five-year plan to strengthen foodborne disease surveillance

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The framework seeks to connect illness reporting, laboratory testing and food-safety alerts across national and regional systems. AFRICA – Africa CDC has set out a five-year plan to strengthen the detection of and response to foodborne disease, addressing gaps in laboratory capacity, data sharing and coordination between food-safety and public-health

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Exterior of a Konecta workplace in Antananarivo, Madagascar, where employees were treated after a suspected foodborne illness outbreak

Madagascar finds E. coli, moulds and yeasts after 292 Konecta workers fall ill

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Two of four food samples collected during the workplace catering investigation failed safety requirements, but authorities have not identified the food or organism responsible for the illnesses.   MADAGASCAR – Laboratory tests in Madagascar have found excessive levels of Escherichia coli, moulds and yeasts in food samples collected after a

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Egg supply chain from farm and market to food service, healthcare and laboratory, illustrating Salmonella outbreak detection and traceability in Africa.

What If the UK Salmonella Outbreak Had Happened in Africa?

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207 cases. One strain. One death. But perhaps the biggest food safety story is not the eggs. It is that authorities were able to connect the cases at all. On 26 May 2026, something unusual appeared in the UK’s foodborne disease surveillance system. It wasn’t a visibly contaminated batch of

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