apha - News - safefood Knowledge Network2024-03-28T19:49:19Zhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/aphaAPHA sees Cryptosporidium workload rise but E. coli outbreaks fallhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/apha-sees-cryptosporidium-workload-rise-but-e-coli-outbreaks-fall2024-03-21T11:17:28.000Z2024-03-21T11:17:28.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>The number of Cryptosporidium outbreaks involving an agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) increased in 2023.</p>
<p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) assisted with investigations into seven Cryptosporidium parvum outbreaks linked to an animal origin. Five were in England and two were in Wales. One outbreak of cryptosporidiosis was epidemiologically linked to a milk vending machine.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/03/apha-sees-cryptosporidium-workload-rise-but-e-coli-outbreaks-fall/" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>UK survey shows low levels of AMR in E. coli on beef and porkhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/uk-survey-shows-low-levels-of-amr-in-e-coli-on-beef-and-pork2023-08-11T07:54:01.000Z2023-08-11T07:54:01.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>According to a survey, there are low levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in E. coli on beef and pork meat on sale in the United Kingdom.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/FS430889%20Surveillance%20of%20antimicrobial%20resistance%20AMR%20in%20E.%20coli%20on%20beef%20and%20pork%20meat%20on%20retail%20sale%20in%20the%20UK%20October%20to%20December%202021.pdf">report was produced</a> by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) under contract with the Food Standards Agency (FSA).</p>
<p>In 2021, 105 samples of fresh beef and pork on retail sale in the UK were sampled between October and December and investigated for E. coli. In previous surveys, 300 samples were tested throughout one year. Reduced numbers were because of the delayed start following exit from the EU and because of lab capacity.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/08/uk-survey-shows-low-levels-for-amr-in-e-coli-on-beef-and-pork/" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></p></div>APHA part of 5 UK E. coli outbreaks in 2022https://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/apha-part-of-5-uk-e-coli-outbreaks-in-20222023-03-01T11:09:49.000Z2023-03-01T11:09:49.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) was involved in another two E. coli outbreaks in the United Kingdom in the final quarter of 2022.</p>
<p>In the first, APHA helped Public Health Wales investigate two human cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O145 linked to a private collection of animals on a smallholding. Multiple species were onsite including cattle, goats, deer, and pigs. Some food consumed by people was grown in the garden where cattle manure was used. Thirty environmental fecal samples were collected but a match to the outbreak strain was not found.</p>
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