Page 2 of articles about trichinellosis

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.

The EU Reference Laboratory for parasites has recommended clarifying the text of the Regulation in relation to the procedure of certain equivalent methods for Trichinella testing.

According to the College of Veterinarians of the province of Buenos Aires, districts like Junín, Chacabuco, Azul, Lobería, Salto, Brandasen and Maipú have reported, in total, more than 300 people affected by trichinellosis.

The new rules are based on an opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and introduce a more risk-based approach to pig meat inspection.

n 2010 a new apparatus method for testing of Trichinella in domestic swine was validated by the EU Reference Laboratory for parasites in accordance with those guidelines.

Canada is enhancing the way it monitors the national swine herd for federally reportable swine diseases.

The Council adopted a decision on the EU position on Decision No 1/2010 of the Joint Veterinary Committee set up by the agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products regarding the amendment of annex 11 to the agreement (15674/10).

In European Union Member States, most of the biomass of Trichinella parasites is circulating among wildlife and many human infections originate from the consumption of untested game meat. Annually, hundreds of millions of fattening pigs test negative for Trichinella in the European Union. The preliminary harmonised monitoring scheme proposed in this report relies on compartmentalisation to identify regions and categories of animals at lower risk of Trichinella infection in which reduced testing could be carried out.