Page 2 of articles about salmonella in Swine news

The guidelines adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission focus on practices from primary production to processing to prevent, reduce, or eliminate Salmonella in fresh beef and pork.

Bacteria in humans, food and animals continue to show resistance to the most widely used antimicrobials, says the latest report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria in Europe.

The contaminated meat was delivered to companies (especially Russian, but also French) that produce ready-made food.

USDA has issued a notice that instructs inspection program personnel (IPP) at establishments that produce raw pork products how to sample for Salmonella.

The 2013 figures have stabilised to the levels reported in 2012. Nevertheless, with  214,779  cases, campylobacteriosis remains the most commonly reported foodborne disease in the EU.

The new serotype was confirmed by the Pasteur Institute in Paris, the international reference center for salmonella.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare four antibiotic-resistant strains of Salmonella as adulterants under federal law.

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.

Each year, antibiotic-resistant infections from foodborne germs cause an estimated 430,000 illnesses in the United States.

CDC’s annual report card shows that foodborne infections continue to be an important public health problem in the United States.

Meat can be transported at temperatures higher than the current maximum of 7°C without causing additional bacterial growth.

A total of 645 pig carcases were randomly selected and sampled at fourteen slaughterhouses between January and May 2013.

In order to reduce the Salmonella prevalence on pig carcases, the control on hygiene during slaughter should be strengthened in accordance with the provisions in Commission Regulation (EU) No 218/2014 of 7 March 2014.

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

The plan contains one main objective and that is to reduce the prevalence of salmonella bacteria on fresh carcasses to 1 per cent by the end of 2014.

The Ministry will still work with the aim that the prevalence falls below 1%.