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Researchers push for more country-level foodborne disease studies

By News Desk on February 18, 2021

National studies on foodborne diseases are needed to help a country set its food safety priorities, according to researchers.

An international team said precise national estimates are essential to rank diseases and hazards in a…
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Dutch study shows impact of foodborne disease

By Joe Whitworth on January 4, 2021

Researchers have estimated the burden of disease from certain foodborne pathogens in the Netherlands in 2019.

About 41 percent of the foodborne burden was associated with meat such as poultry, pork, beef and lamb. These…
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WHO to update foodborne disease estimates; FERG experts sought

By News Desk on September 11, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to update figures on the burden of foodborne diseases by 2025.

At a meeting of the WHO Executive Board in February in Switzerland, experts discussed food safety under…
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WHO calls for experts to help update food safety strategy

By Joe Whitworth on August 7, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for experts to advise the body’s work on food safety.

WHO will update the global strategy for food safety: safer food for better health and aims to deliver…
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FSA: Not viable to compare foodborne illness data between countries

By Joe Whitworth on August 4, 2020

It is not possible to accurately compare foodborne disease rates between countries, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

The agency, which covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland, said this is because of different methodologies…
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Study reveals foodborne illness burden in Taiwan

By News Desk on May 8, 2020

One in six Taiwanese people suffered from foodborne illness annually during a four year period studied by researchers.

From 2012 to 2015, almost 3.9 million foodborne illnesses and 50 deaths occurred annually in the country.…
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Lithuania sees decline in Salmonella infections

By News Desk on January 11, 2020

The number of Salmonella infections declined in the first 11 months of 2019 in Lithuania, according to a new report from the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS (ULAC).

There were 717 cases of Salmonella…
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FSA chief expresses food standards concerns

By Joe Whitworth on November 5, 2019

The Food Standards Agency is currently more concerned about issues relating to food standards than hygiene, according to the authority’s chief executive.

Emily Miles, chief executive of the Food Standards Agency (FSA), said the agency…
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WHO to help countries estimate foodborne diseases

By Joe Whitworth on May 1, 2019

GENEVA — The World Health Organization’s leaders say it will help countries estimate their respective foodborne disease burdens.

Kazuaki Miyagishima, director of food safety and zoonoses and foodborne diseases at the international organization, said there…
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Low foodborne disease levels in Brazil versus other countries

By News Desk on April 2, 2019

The occurrence of foodborne disease in Brazil is low compared to other countries but this could be due to underreporting and people not seeking health care when ill, according to a study.

The work, published…
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WHO expert calls for commitments from leaders at food safety conference

By Joe Whitworth on February 12, 2019

A WHO food safety expert is hoping for “clear commitments” at the first International Conference on Food Safety, which begins today.

Angelika Tritscher, a World Health Organization (WHO) food safety expert in the department of…
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