USA to create publicly available food pathogen genome database
Genetic code sequencing of 100,000 food pathogens will provide roadmap to help identify causes of outbreaks.
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United Kingdom: new salmonella control plan
The current meat juice testing for salmonella antibodies will be suspended on 1 July 2012.
Importance of the abattoir on the control of salmonellosis (2/2)
In this article Salmonella critical contamination points in the abattoir will be analyzed, as well as the measures that can be taken with regard to them.
Salmonella: control during the transportation stage
When exposed, the pigs get infected in less time than the length of the transportation and the waiting period (prior to the slaughter) in the abattoir.
USA: USDA announces new safeguards to protect consumers from foodborne illness
FSIS is proposing to launch traceback investigations earlier and identify additional potentially contaminated product when the Agency finds E. coli O157:H7 through its routine sampling program.
European Union: Salmonella in humans continues to decrease, Campylobacter increasing
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have published their annual report on zoonoses and food-borne outbreaks in the European Union for 2010.
Fight against diseases and zoonoses: EU earmarks 214 million euros to better protect human and animal health
The EU earmarked yesterday more than €203 million to support programmes to eradicate, control and monitor animal diseases and zoonoses, aiming to further strengthen the protection of human and animal health in 2012.
Vietnam develops food security information system
Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved the development of a new food security information system.
UE: EFSA completes first Opinion in meat inspection work
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has completed the first stage of a major piece of work that will provide the scientific basis for the modernisation of meat inspection across the EU.
The first set covers the inspection of swine.
Paraguay: Foot & Mouth Disease outbreak
The SENACSA (National Animal Health and Quality Service) of Paraguay has announced to the IOE detection of clinical signs consistent with foot and mouth disease in 13 cattle less than 24 months old.
Investigation of the prevalence of hepatitis E virus contamination through the pork food supply chain in England
Fourteen European laboratories are investigating fruit, vegetable, shellfish and pork food supply chains for specified viral contamination. The VLA role was to investigate HEV contamination in the pork food chain in England.
Eradication of FMD in the Philippines (II)
In 1996, the NFMDTF drafted a national plan to address the 1995 FMD epidemic wherein 98,000 animals were reported to have been affected.
European Union: EFSA provides up-to-date information on food-borne viruses
Food-borne viruses are the second most important cause of food-borne outbreaks in the European Union (EU) after Salmonella. EFSA has published a review of the latest scientific knowledge on these viruses providing advice on possible measures to control and prevent their spread in the EU.
USA - USDA expands Salmonella initiative program to reduce and eliminate pathogens
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that it will expand and move ahead on the Salmonella Initiative Program (SIP) to help reduce Salmonella in raw meat and poultry products.
European Union - Report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria affecting humans, animals and food
Compiled by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the report indicates that resistance to antimicrobials was observed in zoonotic bacteria, such as Salmonella and Campylobacter, which may cause infectious diseases transmissible between animals and humans and which can be found in foods.
Survey of Salmonella populations from swine waste-treatment technologies
The objectives of this field survey were to evaluate the effects of several promising swine waste-management and treatment technologies on reducing Salmonella presence and populations and to characterize the diversity of Salmonella isolates recovered from the waste streams using serotyping and antibiotic-susceptibility analysis.