OIE and and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reinforce their collaboration
Several topics of mutual interest were explored, notably the prevention of AMR as well as animal disease information systems, including zoonosis.
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Philippines: implementing guidelines of Food Safety Act signed
Based on the IRR, DA will be in charge of food safety regulations of primary and postharvest foods, while food safety regulations of processed and pre-packaged foods will be the look out of DOH.
United Kingdom: Food and Environment Research Agency new £14.5m investment
The joint venture will expand the agency’s world-leading scientific capability and strengthen its role in food safety research.
Argentina: increased epidemiological surveillance against trichinosis
The National Animal Health and Agri-food Quality Service (SENASA) promotes, in municipalities of Buenos Aires Province, to reinforce surveillance against trichinosis.
European Union: Ten years of traceability online in Europe to have safer food
TRACES – the Commission’s free online system that enhances the safety of the food chain and facilitates trade – celebrates its 10th birthday.
China promises no systematic food safety accidents
The government will spend more on completing a monitoring network and efficient plans for food safety emergencies while continuing to build local regulatory agencies.
Korea: MAFRA announced traceability of pork throughout the entire process
MAFRA announced that there would be a traceability of pork throughout the entire process from breeding to butchering, packaging and sales as of December 28th.
European Union: MEPs call for country of origin labelling of meat in processed foods
Meat used as an ingredient in processed foods, such as lasagne, should be labelled by country of origin as is already the case for bovine fresh meat, said MEPs on Wednesday.
China: selling unclean pork
Chinese police have busted 11 groups suspected of selling pork from pigs died of diseases in a crackdown on food safety crimes, arresting more than 110 suspects.
Spain: Detection of Trichinella pseudospiralis in wild boar meat
This is the first time this species of Trichinella is detected in Spain.
Belgium: wild boar meat contamination with Trichinella spiralis
The Belgian Food Chain Safety Agency (AFSCA) has reported that the presence of Trichinella spiralis in wild boar meat is being studied.
Chile: The government and the private sector set up the first food exportation board
The Public-Private Food Exporters' Board's aim is to promote and expand the presence of Chile in the world as an exporter of safe foods.
Dominican Republic: prevention of foodborne diseases
The Ministry of Agriculture has trained a critical mass of technicians that from now on will be able to perform food risk analyses on plant and animal foods.
Belarus' meat and dairy producers to toughen food safety control
The Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry noted that domestic companies should use the methods developed by the National Research Institute for Veterinary Virology and Microbiology of Russia.
European Union: new specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat
The OJEU has published Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1114/2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 2075/2005 laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat.
US: The cost of the foodborne illnesses during 2013
The Economic Research Service (ERS) of the USDA has announced new data about the estimated costs of the main foodborne illnesses cases recorded in US in 2013.
