Page 33 of articles about biosecurity

Human cases of campylobacteriosis decreased slightly in 2012 for the first time in five years, but campylobacteriosis remains the most commonly reported zoonotic disease.

It is appropriate to limit the obligation to clean and disinfect trucks only to those trucks transporting live animals.

The focus of a new German-Icelandic twinning programme supported by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) is to strengthen food safety in Iceland.

A total of 10 pigs have been slaughtered and destroyed. In the protection area (3 km) there are 44 farms, whilst in the surveillance area (10 km) there are 269 farms.

The Traceability National System (SINAT) is created by means of the Resolution 82-2013 of the Ministry of Agriculture.

European Commission published Decision 2013/652/EU on the monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria.

This proposed regulation would help prevent foodborne illness in both animals and people and is open for public comments for 120 days.

Strengthened supervision and harsher punishments are needed to ensure food safety for the public.

Funded projects include research on novel marine derived agents for the control of salmonella in pork.

The CIFOR Industry Guidelines provide step-by-step approaches to important aspects of outbreak response such as preparation, detection, investigation, control, and follow-up.

Britain's major pig genetics companies and their vets have developed a protocol for the importation of live pigs into the United Kingdom.

It is a quick information exchange system between public services in relation to food harmlessness events.

The country’s largest producer of pig semen is investigating how blue ear disease has entered its boar stud.