Food systems must be transformed urgently to improve food safety and health, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
WHO said multiple problems are negatively affecting health including zoonotic pathogens
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
Most pathogens decreased in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and reduced travel, according to a report published by the Norwegian Veterinary Institute.
Diseases transmitted between animals and humans are
Campylobacter and Salmonella infections declined in Switzerland in 2020 while Listeria was stable despite a large outbreak. E. coli reports fell for the first time since 2014.
The COVID-19 pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) and other agencies are calling on countries to suspend the sale of certain live caught wild animals in food markets.
WHO, the World Organization for
A drive to prevent emerging zoonotic risks and diseases such as COVID-19 has been unveiled and is being led by France.
The Preventing Zoonotic Diseases Emergence (PREZODE) initiative was announced
Researchers have expanded understanding of the potential for exposure to and infection with zoonotic pathogens in the bushmeat trade.
Scientists believe that if they can help bushmeat traders and consumers
Fewer than 50 foodborne outbreaks were reported across Austria this past year but two of them involved more than 300 people.
In connection with the 48 outbreaks, 793 people became
E. coli infections continued to climb in Switzerland in 2019, according to the country’s surveillance report on zoonoses and outbreaks of food poisoning.
The most common zoonoses were again
The first sets of food safety risk communication and country-specific action plans to tackle the significant public health problem of foodborne parasites have been identified in Asia.
They were discussed
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
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
