First evidence of a food poisoning outbreak due to staphylococcal enterotoxin type E, France, 2009

A Ostyn; M L De Buyser; F Guillier; J Groult; B Félix; S Salah; G Delmas; J A Hennekinne

doi:10.2807/ese.15.13.19528-en

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First evidence of a food poisoning outbreak due to staphylococcal enterotoxin type E, France, 2009

A Ostyn¹, M L De Buyser¹, F Guillier¹, J Groult¹, B Félix¹, S Salah², G Delmas³, J A Hennekinne¹
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Affiliations: ¹ AFSSA-LERQAP (French Food Safety Agency, Food Quality and Food Processes Research Laboratory), European Union Reference Laboratory for Coagulase Positive Staphylococci including Staphylococcus aureus, Maisons-Alfort, France ² Health Emergency Mission Directorate General for Food, Ministry of Food Agriculture and Fishery, Paris, France ³ InVS, Infectious diseases department, national institute for public health surveillance, Saint Maurice, France

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Citation style for this article: Ostyn A, De Buyser M L, Guillier F, Groult J, Félix B, Salah S, Delmas G, Hennekinne J A. First evidence of a food poisoning outbreak due to staphylococcal enterotoxin type E, France, 2009. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(13):pii=19528. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.13.19528-en Received: 01 Apr 2010; Accepted:

Abstract

At the end of 2009, six food poisoning outbreaks caused by staphylococci were reported in France. Soft cheese made from unpasteurised milk was found to be the common source of the outbreaks. Staphylococcal enterotoxin type E was identified and quantified in the cheese using both official and confirmatory methods of the European Union Reference Laboratory (EU-RL). To our knowledge, this is the first report of food poisoning outbreaks caused by staphylococcal enterotoxin type E in France.