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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Hendrickx, David author Varela Martinez, Maria del Carmen author Contzen, Matthias author Wagner-Wiening, Christiane author Janke, Karl-Heinz author Hernando Jiménez, Pablo author Massing, Susanne author Pichler, Jeanette author Tichaczek-Dischinger, Petra author Burckhardt, Florian author Stark, Klaus author Katz, Katharina author Jurke, Annette author Thole, Sebastian author Carbó, Rosa author Pascual Del Pobil Ferré, Mariam author Nieto, Milagros author Zamora, María Jesús author Sisó, Ana author Pallares García, Pilar author Valdezate, Sylvia author Schaade, Lars author Worbs, Sylvia author Dorner, Brigitte Gertrud author Frank, Christina author Dorner, Martin Bernhard author 2023-01 Botulism outbreaks due to commercial products are extremely rare in the European Union. Here we report on the first international outbreak of foodborne botulism caused by commercial salt-cured, dried roach (Rutilus rutilus). Between November and December 2016, an outbreak of six foodborne botulism type E cases from five unrelated households was documented in Germany and Spain. The outbreak involved persons of Russian and Kazakh backgrounds, all consumed unheated salt-cured, dried roach-a snack particularly favored in Easter-European countries. The implicated food batches had been distributed by an international wholesaler and were recalled from Europe-wide outlets of a supermarket chain and other independent retailers. Of interest, and very unlike to other foodborne disease outbreaks which usually involves a single strain or virus variant, different Clostridium botulinum strains and toxin variants could be identified even from a single patient's sample. Foodborne botulism is a rare but potentially life-threatening disease and almost exclusively involves home-made or artisan products and thus, outbreaks are limited to individual or few cases. As a consequence, international outbreaks are the absolute exception and this is the first one within the European Union. Additional cases were likely prevented by a broad product recall, underscoring the importance of timely public health action. Challenges and difficulties on the diagnostic and epidemiological level encountered in the outbreak are highlighted. Front Public Health. 2023 Jan 4;10:1039770. 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1039770 2296-2565 Frontiers in public health 36684858 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/16249 Foodborne botulism Fish Rutilus rutilus Clostridium botulinum type E Commercial dried roach Outbreak investigation First cross-border outbreak of foodborne botulism in the European Union associated with the consumption of commercial dried roach (Rutilus rutilus)