Diversity of Yersinia enterocolitica in French slaughterhouses
It is important to study the diversity of the strains of Yersinia enterocolitica in order to better understand the risk they represent for humans.
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USDA expands meat and poultry hotline hours
USDA expands meat and poultry hotline hours to further provide food safety information to consumers.
The German Salmonella serological monitoring programme
Several reasons explain the failure of the German Salmonella Monitoring Programme to result in a continuous reduction of the frequency of salmonella-carrying pigs sent to slaughter at a national level.
USA: Campylobacter, Salmonella led bacterial foodborne illnesses in 2016
CDC’s Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) report provides the most up-to-date information about foodborne illnesses in the United States.
Pigs, people, and flu
Exhibition pigs should be isolated from herd mates and observed for clinical signs of influenza for at least seven days after an exhibition to prevent transmission to pigs that did not attend the fair.
Salmonella control in the pig and pork production in Denmark – lessons learnt
The success of the Danish salmonella program in pigs and pork is a result of improvements in slaughterhouse hygiene, more than it can be attributed to control in primary production. Today focus is on the end result, measured as carcass prevalence.
FDA, USDA and CDC map out 5-year Foodborne Illness Plan
The IFSAC Strategic Plan outlines goals and objectives for the five-year time period from 2017 through 2021.
Update on Salmonella control programs
Control programs, which should have started in 2012, have not yet been implemented in most European countries today
Livestock associated MRSA – what is the appropriate level of concern?
After more than a decade there is little to suggest that LA-MRSA poses an imminent threat to public health, even in countries where prevalence is high in pigs.
European Union: Salmonella outbreaks has fallen by 41% since 2010
There were 4,362 reported foodborne outbreaks in 2015. The most common cause of outbreaks was Salmonella associated with consumption of eggs. However, the number of Salmonella outbreaks has fallen by 41% since 2010.
Influenza A virus in swine: situation in European countries
In the wake of the so-called “swine flu” a European surveillance program was carried out in 2013-2015: H1N1pdm is present in several European countries, and at particularly high prevalence in Britain and Ireland.
United States: FSIS Strategic Plan FY2017-2021
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) 2017–2021 Strategic Plan builds on prior successes and reflects emerging issues that FSIS faces in ensuring that the food products we regulate are safe to eat.
The American Food and Agriculture Harmlessness Network to be created
This network will help to strengthen the management systems related to the production of healthy food in the region and in each of the countries.
Foodborne viruses: identifying research needs to tackle public health risks
They focused on norovirus, the hepatitis A virus and the hepatitis E virus, which are of great public health concern in the EU.
Transitional measures for the accreditation of official laboratories carrying out official testing for Trichinella
On transitional measures for the application of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the accreditation of official laboratories carrying out official testing for Trichinella.
Published the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) Annual Report 2015
The overall figures present a 3.4 % decrease in original notifications compared to 2014 and a 5 % increase in follow-up notifications, resulting in an overall increase of 2 %.