Food-borne viruses are the second most important cause of food-borne outbreaks in the European Union (EU) after Salmonella. EFSA has today published a review of the latest scientific knowledge on these viruses providing advice on possible measures to
Source:http://www.fsai.ie/news_centre/press_releases/Campylobacter15072011.html
Scientific report outlines practical recommendations to reduce the incidence of Campylobacter in poultry
A scientific report published today by the Food Safety Author
Scientists at two European Union agencies have combined their expertise to analyse Member State data and compile the first joint EU report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria affecting humans, animals and food. Compiled by the European F
Irish shoppers can no longer be misled about where their meat comes from after the European Parliament voted to make country of origin labelling mandatory for fresh meat from pigs, sheep, goats and poultry.
Under existing EU rules, origin labelling o
The EFSA Task Force established to coordinate investigations to track down the possible source of the French and German outbreaks of E. coli O104:H4 has concluded that one lot of fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt and used to produce sprouts is the |
Full Report:http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/136454/e94889.pdf
EFSA and ECDC have published today a rapid risk assessment on the cluster of Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) in Bordeaux and its relation to the previous German outbreak. This report and the related web story include recommendations for advice to co
The New England Journal of Medicine
European consumers are less accepting of cloned animal products than their American counterparts, according to new research from Kansas State University, USA.
The research, led by Sean Fox of Kansas State, focused on consumer attitudes toward food
Infectious Disease Surveillance and Monitoring System for Animal and Human Health: Summary of notable events/incidents of public health significance for the period 1st – 31st May 2011
http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1274090846274
The UK will be better protected against animal diseases like avian flu and foot and mouth thanks to a global network of scientific research launched by Defra in May.
Increasingly globalised movements of animals, people and food have raised the risk
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EU-wide food labelling regulations have moved a step closer to being adopted following a “breakthrough” in negotiations, according to European Parliament Rapporteur, Renate Sommer.
Outline agreements on the details wer
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/bgi-tcm061611.php
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The collection of data for the purpose of managing food safety includes both monitoring and surveillance. Monitoring is a system of collecting, analysing and disseminating data. SurveilAs Europe's E.coli crisis wanes, some experts are now warning of a looming threat: possible long-term kidney complications for many of the victims. Many of the roughly 3,200 E coli patients are returning home, and only a handful of new cases are bein
Strain from the sprouts is identical to strain from the infected patients. Scientists of the National Reference Laboratory for Escherichia coli at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) have confirmed the results of the Land authorities in N
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