The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is charged with coordinating the annual reporting of zoonoses, zoonotic agents, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and food-borne outbreaks in the European Union under the Directive 2003/99/EC as well as analysing and ...
The objective of the work described in this report was to develop a flexible and user-friendly interface for attributing human cases of food-borne pathogens to the responsible food-animal reservoirs and/or food sources. The interface is based on two exist ...
No abstract available Keywords: Food chain information, risk-based meat inspection, poultry meat inspection findings doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2012.EN-298 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2011-00338 Adopted: 11 November 2011 Contact: biohaz@efsa.europa.eu On reque ...
Case studies illustrating the potential use of harmonised epidemiological indicators for Salmonella and Campylobacter were undertaken. The purpose of the indicators is to support risk-management decisions in poultry slaughter. Indicators were organised in ...
An in-depth analysis of the most comprehensive dataset on microbiological contaminants in foodstuffs in the EU is presented in this report for the years 2004-2009. The report covers findings of Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria, Yersinia, verotoxigenic ...
A Salmonella source attribution model based on a microbial-subtyping approach was developed to estimate the public health effect of setting a new target for the reduction of Salmonella in fattening turkey flocks in the European Union. The model considers ...
An inventory of data collected from animals was carried out on the following agents of vector borne zoonoses: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl), West Nile virus (WNV), Francisella tularensis, Leptospira, Hantavirus, Leishmania infantum, tick borne ence ...
Member States of the European Union are required to collect, evaluate and report data on zoonoses, zoonotic agents and antimicrobial resistance in food-producing animals and food. Member States are obliged to report on the occurrence of antimicrobial resi ...
EU Member States are required to collect, evaluate and report data on zoonoses, zoonotic agents, antimicrobial resistance and food-borne outbreaks to the European Commission each year. The European Food Safety Authority is responsible for examining, analy ...
This report summarises the State of Art of meat inspection in the European Union (EU) and six selected exporting countries outside the EU. The elements of meat inspection in EU are specified in Regulation 854/2004 which also opens up for modifications of ...