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Listeria strategy progresses after large outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on February 9, 2021

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 steps taken by authorities, including…
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FAO highlights ‘often neglected’ foodborne parasites

By News Desk on January 11, 2021

Officials have published a document highlighting ways to avoid the risks from foodborne parasites transmitted by pork, freshwater fish and crustaceans.

Foodborne parasitic diseases are often neglected in food safety control systems even though they…
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FSA changes blanket guidance on meat shelf life

By Joe Whitworth on December 12, 2020

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has moved away from a one size fits all approach on shelf life guidance for meat.

The revised guidance covers vacuum packed and modified atmosphere packed (VP/MAP) chilled fresh beef,…
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Salmonella contributed to deaths linked to butchers

By News Desk on December 11, 2020

A Salmonella infection contributed to the deaths of two people who were part of an outbreak in England in 2018, according to an inquest report.

Sandra Blake, 68, and Stewart Graham, 66, both ate pork…
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Low levels of antimicrobial resistant bacteria E. coli in beef and pork sold in UK

By Joe Whitworth on November 27, 2020

Levels of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) E. coli in fresh beef and pork are still low, according to a survey published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

The study, which was run between January and December …
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Consumer group calls Magrudis fine an ‘insult’ to outbreak victims

By News Desk on September 29, 2020

A consumer rights group has called a fine imposed on the company behind a Listeria outbreak in Spain in 2019 an “insult” to those who died.

The sanction proposed by Seville Council on Magrudis of…
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STEC findings for lamb in Iceland fall

By News Desk on August 7, 2020

Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) was detected in more than a fifth of lamb samples tested but this was a lower contamination rate than 2018, according to the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST).

The…
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France and Serbia Trichinella outbreak linked to backyard pigs

By Joe Whitworth on July 1, 2020

Meat from backyard pigs was the source of a trichinellosis outbreak in France and Serbia in 2017.

Three patients were exposed in Serbia and took pork back to France where they shared it with relatives…
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EFSA finds staff issues behind most pig welfare concerns

By Joe Whitworth on June 23, 2020

The lack of skills and training of staff working in pig slaughtering has been highlighted as a serious welfare concern by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Most hazards related to the welfare of pigs…
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Scientists find cause for concern about hepatitis E in slaughterhouse pigs

By Coral Beach on February 11, 2020

Contaminated blood from slaughterhouse pigs infected with hepatitis E could be reaching the human food supply chain, according to researchers.

“. . . 40 percent of U.S. slaughterhouse pigs (sampled) were seropositive for HEV (hepatitis…
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Campylobacter common at low levels in Australian chicken

By News Desk on February 2, 2020

Retail chicken meat often contains Campylobacter but the level of contamination is generally low, according to a recent research report.

Researchers collected 1,490 chicken, beef, lamb, and pork samples from Australian supermarkets and butchers from…
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