articles about food-safety

The CAS Ministers of Agriculture discussed the opportunities and challenges that the agreement between Mercosur and the European Union represents for agri-food trade in the region.

The OJEU has just published the regulation on whole genome sequencing for the investigation of foodborne disease outbreaks.

Chile's Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) has updated swine and poultry biosecurity regulations to strengthen animal health and international competitiveness.

Listeriosis cases reached their highest level since 2007, while campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis remained the most frequently reported zoonotic diseases in the EU.

On November 21, 2024, the European Commission published Regulation (EU) 2024/2895, amending Regulation (EC) No. 2073/2005 as regards the food safety criteria for Listeria monocytogenes.

USDA research documents absence of Trichinella infection in commercial pigs.

The Government has established a common integrated system of official border controls for agri-food exports and imports.

Animal slaughter management is lax in many localities, leading to decreasing quality of livestock products, and increasing the risk of food safety and hygiene.

These regions' swine vesicular disease status allows them to soon export to the U.S.

The responsible and prudent use of antimicrobials needs to be improved in all sectors - human, animal, plant/crop, and environment - to preserve their public health benefits.

As of February 1, 2024, it is mandatory in Germany for points of sale to label the origin of fresh, chilled, or frozen pork, sheep, goat, and poultry meat that is not packaged.

FSIS has updated its voluntary guideline for federally regulated swine slaughter and pork processing establishments to control Salmonella in market hogs from pre-harvest through slaughter.

The new regulation extends the indication of the origin of fresh, chilled, and frozen pork, sheep, goat, and poultry meat to non-prepackaged meat.

The draft presented by Federal Minister Cem Özdemir was previously debated in the Federal Parliament on December 15, 2022 in its first reading.