In 2014, fewer outbreaks of food-borne infections and food poisoning occurred in relation to previous years.

We can all help to reduce pollution of the environment by pharmaceutical residues.

RIVM researchers Arie Havelaar and Arno Swart received the prestigious Best Paper Award 2014 of the Society for Risk Analysis.

In recent years the Netherlands has witnessed an increase in the number of cases of gastroenteritis caused by the Campylobacter bacterium.