Page 9 of articles about zoonose

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 National Institute of Consumption and the Food Safety Agency have been combined into the Spanish Agency of Consumption, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN).

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

The focus of a new German-Icelandic twinning programme supported by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) is to strengthen food safety in Iceland.

The Traceability National System (SINAT) is created by means of the Resolution 82-2013 of the Ministry of Agriculture.

European Commission published Decision 2013/652/EU on the monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria.

This proposed regulation would help prevent foodborne illness in both animals and people and is open for public comments for 120 days.

Programming will also support surveillance and emergency preparedness systems.

Strengthened supervision and harsher punishments are needed to ensure food safety for the public.

Funded projects include research on novel marine derived agents for the control of salmonella in pork.

It is a quick information exchange system between public services in relation to food harmlessness events.

Report shows the continued presence of resistance to a range of antimicrobials in Salmonella and Campylobacter. Nevertheless, co-resistance to two critically important antimicrobials, remains low.