Food safety experts launch battle against E. coli bacteria

Representatives from UN bodies and member countries that make up the Codex Alimentarius committee on food hygiene are considering the need for risk-based standards to control EHEC. The five-day meeting began yesterday.

“We are seeing a worldwide increase in the number of people infected with these dangerous pathogens, particularly E coli O157” stated Dr. Peter Ben Embarek from the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Sarah Cahill, a representative from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said legal costs arising from just one outbreak in the US amounted to a payout by one manufacturer of $30m (€23m).

To continue reading this article please click here

Source: Food Production Daily

Sign up for our
regular news updates

Latest Poultry Industry News

•   BIRD FLU: Farm Duck Positive for H5N1 Bird Flu
•   It's World Egg Day: Eggs are Good for You
•   McDonald's Wins Welfare Award
•   Maple Leaf Explains Listeria Situation at its Plant
•   5th International Symposium on Turkey Production
•   Europeans Show Scepticism about Animal Cloning
•   Bird Flu Report Halts German Imports
•   Defra Publishes Zoonoses UK Report 2007
•   Farm Duck Positive for H5N1 Bird Flu in Germany
•   Egg Industry Sued by Welfare Group