Lithuanian authorities have stopped the sale of possibly unsafe meat, clamped down on fish traders and uncovered food supplement violations in the past month.
Officers at the State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) blocked the sale of almost 10 tons of potentially unsafe meat products in early December.
Kaunas processing
Continue Reading Meat, fish and supplements on radar of Lithuanian officials
An Australian university has been awarded a grant to improve the effectiveness of a Salmonella Typhimurium vaccine in poultry. The aim is to lower the risk of foodborne pathogens and reduce the number of human Salmonella infections.
The University of Adelaide will use the AU $390,000 (U.S. $252,000) Linkage Grant
Continue Reading USDA researchers part of Australian university’s look at Salmonella poultry vaccine
More than 90,000 laboratory-confirmed cases of Salmonella and 150 deaths were reported in Europe in 2017, according to a new report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The latest annual epidemiological report found 92,649 cases were reported, of which 156 were fatal. The United Kingdom recorded
Continue Reading ECDC data reveals Salmonella decrease has ‘levelled off’
The number of people getting sick, being hospitalized and dying in foodborne outbreaks in Europe increased in 2018, according to the annual report on zoonoses.
Salmonella caused almost one in three outbreaks last year with Salmonella Enteritidis behind one in five. Salmonella in egg products was the highest risk agent
Continue Reading EU notes rise in foodborne outbreak illnesses and deaths in 2018
More than 130 people died due to Salmonella infection in Europe in 2016, according to a report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Salmonellosis is the second most commonly reported gastrointestinal infection and 95,326 laboratory-confirmed cases were reported in 2016 and 134 were fatal. Notification rates
Continue Reading More than 130 deaths in Europe linked to Salmonella in 2016
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines,” said early-American philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson.
But in the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, consistency gets greater appreciation. In its recent evaluation of USDA’s
Continue Reading OIG says USDA reviews of exporting countries are inadequate
