United Kingdom: zoonoses report 2013
Campylobacter continues to be the most commonly reported human gastrointestinal pathogen.
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Panama: implementation of the National Technical Commission on Swine
The COTENAPOR is a consulting and assessment body on politics, technical, health and food harmlessness aspects, and pork products and byproducts.
Ireland: consultation process on Country of Origin Labelling of non-prepacked meat
Launch of a public consultation process on the extension of mandatory country of origin labelling rules to non-prepacked meat. Such information is already provided for beef sold loose without packaging, but not for other meats.
Mexico: speeding up of the agri-food products safe bilateral trade with US
The aim of these cooperation actions is to speed up and provide more safety to the bilateral trade operations, because it validates the health status of the goods automatically and it eliminates the submission of the original document by the importer.
PED: update on the present status within Europe
All sequenced PEDV isolates that were found recently within European countries were most closely related to so called S INDEL PEDV, which was originally described in the US in January 2014.
France: Cooperl fined for selling meat contaminated with Salmonella
The contaminated meat was delivered to companies (especially Russian, but also French) that produce ready-made food.
Codex Alimentarius: Guidelines for the control of Trichinella spp. parasites in pork
La carne porcina de las zonas de escaso riesgo puede ser objeto de comercio sin pruebas extensivas, mientras que las canales de las zonas donde hay riesgo de contagio de Trichinella continuarán siendo examinadas a fondo.
Canada: truck wash facility registration pilot project moves forward
The voluntary effort included the development of wash facility and wash process checklists designed to identify strengths and weaknesses to help improve biosecurity.
Record interventions of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed to fight health risks
Among the most notified risks are mercury in fish, aflatoxins in nuts and Salmonella in poultry.
Air filtration systems for preventing PRRSV infection in large sow herds
This type of investment may not be crazy when it comes to protecting farms with high genetic value (others are dependent on) or insemination centres.
Pork traceability system for the Philippines
Researchers from the University of the Philippines in Los Baños have developed a nationwide pork traceability system (NPTS) that can assure the safety and quality of locally produced pork meat.
Mexico: updating of the agri-food products inspection
The aim is to implement a pilot test of the Inspection Service Comprehensive System (SISI), created to strengthen the procedures that allow to reduce the risk regarding the entrance of pests and quarantine diseases in Mexico.
United States: Best Practices Guidance for Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in Retail Delicatessens
FSIS encourages retailers to review the guidance and evaluate the effectiveness of their retail practices and intervention strategies in reducing the risk of listeriosis to consumers.
Italy: new cases of ASF in Sardinia
The Veterinary Authorities of Sassari, Sardinia (Italy), confirmed last week the presence of African swine fever in 3 pig farms.
Effects of production practices and environmental factors on air contaminants in swine facilities
The objective of this research is to characterize air contaminant concentration and variability associated with differing swine rearing practices.
The role of pigs in the generation of new strains of influenza
Pigs can act as a source of new influenza strains with zoonotic potential, but the increase of the genetic diversity of the swine influenza viruses is largely due to the introduction of influenza strains of human origin. Therefore, it is highly recommended that all staff that has frequent contact with pigs should be vaccinated against influenza.