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 can cause severe human health problems, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
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Researchers have been awarded a grant to help determine how disease caused by a parasite progresses in warm-blooded animals, and how it is transmitted in food.
A team from the United Kingdom and Brazil were given funding of around £500,000 ($650,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and
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A study on the presence of Toxoplasma gondii in retail meat in Scotland has highlighted venison as potentially high risk.
Toxoplasma gondii DNA was detected in 48 of 149 venison samples over two sampling periods. Consumption of undercooked meat is a known risk factor for toxoplasmosis infection.
Findings could be
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Editor’s note: This article, Part 2 of 2, summarizes oral and poster presentations from a three-day meeting of the One Health European Joint Program.
A European project involving foodborne zoonoses research held its annual meeting virtually recently because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The second annual scientific meeting of the One
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Editor’s note: This article, Part 1 of 2, summarizes oral and poster presentations from the three-day event meeting of the One Health European Joint Program.
A European project helping to promote scientific progress on foodborne zoonoses has held its annual meeting virtually because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The second annual
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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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Australian researchers have detected Toxoplasma gondii in more than one third of sampled ground lamb.
Toxoplasma is a parasite that causes inflammation of the retina, which is the nerve layer of the eye. Anyone may develop retinal inflammation after infection but it is more common and severe in babies, older
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Dutch researchers have advised freezing filet americain to reduce infection risk from the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma.
If filet americain, known in the United States as steak tartare, is frozen for a minimum of 48 hours at a temperature of minus 12 degrees, a Toxoplasma infection can be prevented. Steak tartare
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Cryptosporidium spp., Toxoplasma gondii and Echinococcus spp. have been identified as important foodborne parasites in Europe.
Infection with these parasites in humans and animals, or their occurrence in food, is not notifiable in all member states. There are also no routine controls for the three parasites in food. Diseases caused
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Editor’s note: This column by Luis Delgadillo of the food safety education staff at the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service was first published by USDA on Dec. 22. Most expectant mothers know about the dangers of consuming alcohol while pregnant and opt for sparkling juices instead of champaign to toast
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