The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published two reports on improving microbial food safety in Slovakia and Malta.
The DG Sante audit of Slovakia, carried out in September 2023, was the first on the topic of food of non-animal origin (FNAO) and resulted in six recommendations.
Problems included
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The European Commission’s health and safety division has published findings from two assessments looking at controls on milk and dairy products in Austria and Slovakia.
A DG Sante audit in January 2023 made seven recommendations in Austria, including attention to raw milk.
Austrian legislation sets conditions for raw milk sold
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An audit in Slovakia found that the current official food control system is only partially effective.
Official controls in the food chain are fragmented, the competencies of supervisory authorities are insufficiently defined, they overlap, and individual agencies’ obligations are not established in law.
Findings come from an assessment by the
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Researchers have found Anisakis larvae in tested samples of fish in Slovakia and called on authorities to step up monitoring of marine parasites.
Scientists revealed extensive infection of fish products with Anisakis larvae and seropositive cases in a group of volunteers regularly eating fish products.
Anisakiasis is a parasitic disease caused by
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A brand of infant formula has been recalled in Slovakia because of Cronobacter sakazakii contamination.
The Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic (UVZSR) said the issue was detected as part of official food controls by authorities. No related illnesses have been reported.
The affected
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Slovakia recorded a decrease in some human diseases caused by viruses, bacteria and parasites that are transmitted from animals or through food and water in 2020.
In total, 17,067 cases were reported compared to 26,999 in 2019 and the number of outbreaks fell from 902 to 380.
Campylobacter caused the
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More than 300 people were part of a Salmonella outbreak in Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2017 and 2018 that was traced to contaminated powdered egg products.
The probable outbreak cause was used as an ingredient in multiple food types. The source of contamination was a piece of machinery used
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Deep frozen spinach puree has been linked to a foodborne outbreak in Slovakia.
Authorities have not said how many people were affected by tropane alkaloid poisoning but figures in local media vary from a dozen to up to 100 with some needing hospital treatment.
The State Veterinary and Food Administration
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Campylobacter and Salmonella infections increased by almost 20 percent in 2018 in Slovakia, according to the country’s annual report on foodborne diseases.
Data was compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic.
In 2018, 29,080 human diseases caused by pathogens were reported, of which almost
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Czech Republic will lift checks on beef from Poland that the European Commission called “disproportionate” from next week.
One month ago, the country put in place extraordinary veterinary measures that all Polish beef must be tested in an accredited lab at a cost to the importer before it is placed
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