What to know: More than 30 people have been sickened in a Salmonella outbreak in Austria.

The Ministry of Health asked the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) to investigate the outbreak with help from local authorities. AGES reported that 35 people have become ill with a specific strain of Salmonella since December 2024. Ten people had to be treated in hospitals.

Nestle and Conagra have promised to eliminate artificial colors from their U.S. food and beverages.

They are the latest big food companies to make such a pledge.

Two agencies in the United Kingdom have raised concerns about local authority resources and the number of samples being taken for food safety testing.

Findings come from a report by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) reviewing food safety across the UK in 2024.

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Researchers have described an outbreak involving a rare pathogen that killed nine people in China and said there is an urgent need for improved detection and prevention strategies.

Burkholderia gladioli, particularly its pathovar cocovenenans, poses a significant public health threat through the production of bongkrekic acid.