This Opinion considers the application of whole genome sequencing (WGS) and metagenomics for outbreak investigation, source attribution and risk assessment of food‐borne pathogens. WGS offers the highest level of bacterial strain discrimination for food‐b ...
Abstract In response to the EFSA call New approaches in identifying and characterizing microbial and chemical hazards, the project INNUENDO (https://sites.google.com/site/theinnuendoproject/) aimed to design an analytical platform and standard procedures ...
The ENGAGE project (http://www.engage-europe.eu/) was a collaboration between eight institutions across Europe. The aim was to boost the scientific cooperation to use whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis in food safety and public health protection. ENGA ...
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) is becoming increasingly used in public health and food safety laboratories. To date, there is a wide variation in the level of implementation of WGS among laboratories from different sectors in different countries, the type ...
3-Monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD), and 2-monochloropropane-1,3-diol (2-MCPD), are substances that might be generated in the processing of food. EU legislation specifies maximum levels for 3-MCPD in hydrolysed vegetable proteins and soya sauce. However ...
Molecular typing or microbial DNA fingerprinting has developed rapidly in recent years. Data on the molecular testing of food-borne pathogens such as Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli could substantially contrib ...
No abstract available Keywords: verocytotoxin-producing E. coli, molecular subtyping, cluster analysis, Standard Operating Procedure doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2014.EN-704 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2014-00063 Contact: data.collection@efsa.europa.eu On request ...