On October 23, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) provided an update on a multi-year, multinational outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona linked to tomatoes. Reporting that, between January 2023 and September 2025, 437 confirmed cases were identified across 17 European countries, as well as in the UK, the US, and Canada. It includes: Austria (76), Croatia (3), Czechia (11), Denmark (12), Estonia (2), Finland (5), France (43), Germany (113), Ireland (6), Italy (123), Luxembourg (5), the Netherlands (5), Norway (4), Slovakia (6), Slovenia (10), Spain (3) and Sweden (10). Cases have also been reported in the United Kingdom (73), Canada (10), and the US (24). The most visited country among travel-related cases was Italy. In response to the outbreak, the Italian food safety authority has conducted comprehensive investigations. The detection of S. Strathcona in a sample of irrigation water collected at a tomato producer's site in Sicily confirmed the role of the environment in tomato contamination. @ https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/ROA_%20S_%20Strathcona-ST2559_multi-country.pdf
