European data has revealed a decrease in non-compliant residues of veterinary medicines in animals and animal products.

A review looked at the presence of authorized and unauthorized substances and residues of veterinary medicinal products in live animals and animal products in EU member states, Iceland, and Norway. It was published

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for frozen, fully cooked ready-to-eat meat and poultry pasties due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen.

The products were produced using an egg wash, which contains egg, a known allergen, that is not

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Burnbrae Farms is recalling various brands of eggs from the marketplace because of possible Salmonella contamination.

According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), this recall was triggered by test results.

Brands of recalled eggs include: Compliments, Foremost, Golden Valley Eggs, IGA, Western Family and more.

The recalled products were

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Experts have shared findings from Cryptosporidium, Listeria, Trichinella, and Salmonella outbreaks at an event in Europe.

Among presentations at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) was one about the Danish perspective on two multi-country outbreaks. These included a Salmonella outbreak linked to chicken meat from Poland

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Portuguese authorities have cracked down on operators handling meat, eggs, wine, cheese and mollusks in various operations over recent months but have recently opted to go on strike.

Earlier this month, the Economic and Food Safety Authority (ASAE) took action against a meat producer and distributor in Braga. Despite having

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An investigation into a Salmonella outbreak in Sweden has been restarted after more people fell sick.

From August to October, 81 people from 18 regions contracted Salmonella Typhimurium with sequence type (ST) 36. Where information about the country of infection is available, all cases were infected in Sweden.

Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Public

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