The EU-RL for Escherichia coli was thoroughly involved in the recent outbreak of E.coli O104:H4 infections occurred in Europe. Based on the activities carried out in the previous year, a method for the detection of the outbreak strain in food was rapidly developed and distributed to the NRL network, together with appropriate reference materials.

Three cases of salmonellosis were found in three children attending the Parish Kindergarten in the Centrol per la Famiglia of Cassinone in Seriate, Italy. They belong to the spring group, consisting of children between 2- and 3-years-old. A boy of two-and-a-half years began showing symptoms Friday and by Sunday, had to be hospitalized.

Sally Clay is close to tears as she holds in her arms a lamb that has just been born but will not survive for long. ''I don't think he can see. He's brain damaged and his head is lolling, he won't be able to suckle.'' The ewe comes across to nuzzle her offspring.

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“Understanding that front line food handlers are oral communication learners and perceive their job as low-risk helps to develop programs to change this perception into positive attitudes.” So says Pat Brown, director of food safety for The Great A&P Tea Company, in Food Safety Tech.

NSW’s food businesses are being urged to step up their efforts to eradicate and prevent insect infestations in their kitchens with more than 100 businesses currently listed on the NSW Food Authority’s Name and Shame register for this breach.

Drew Harris, chairman of the New Jersey Public Health Institute, writes in this op-ed that when public policy affects human health, it should stand on sound science, not opinion. Unfortunately, in the public forum, where legislation touching millions of lives is shaped and debated, proven facts, conjecture and anecdotes are often treated as equal. They are not.