Campylobacter, Salmonella and E. coli infections declined in Europe but Listeria monocytogenes infections went up in 2019, according to figures from the zoonoses report.
Campylobacteriosis was the top infection followed
An intelligence report published by Advance Market Analytics details insights about the potential future of food irradiation around the world, pointing to food safety among the benefits.
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Wageningen University scientists have looked at why there are discrepancies in Salmonella results between poultry farmers’ and authorities’ tests.
Experts analyzed factors associated with the difference between positive tests from
Scientists have determined how harmless E. coli gut bacteria in chickens can pick up the genes required to evolve and cause infections in poultry and people.
Colibacillosis caused by avian
Officials in a region of Spain have provided an update on a Listeria control strategy following a large outbreak in 2019.
The three-year strategy is part of a series of
Data published by officials at Sante Publique France on Campylobacter in the country in 2019 shows a slight increase compared to the year before.
In France, epidemiological surveillance of Campylobacter
Campylobacter is continuing to decline but E. coli is still going up, based on figures from the 2019 report on foodborne disease in New Zealand.
New Zealand Food Safety is
A significant proportion of listeriosis cases in Germany are caused by eating smoked or cured salmon products, according to the Robert Koch-Institut (RKI).
A total of 22 cross-federal state outbreaks
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Twenty-five years ago, when I was administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), I helped put in place a new
Scientists have revealed how genes influence chickens’ resistance to Campylobacter.
Their study, published in the Scientific Reports journal, also identified that when designing control strategies for the bacteria non-genetic factors
Additional regulatory action is needed to control Campylobacter in New Zealand, according to researchers.
Scientists proposed a national inquiry to identify an effective response to Campylobacter in chicken meat, which
At the FDA’s request, a federal court in Washington State has shutdown a 51-year-old juice maker who was annually supplying 2.9 million apple juice servings to USDA’s
