NEWS PLUS+ Issue 15 | 12.04.2019
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1. Experts paint a dire picture of ASF - possibly wiping out one-third of China's hogs
12.04.2019. China. African Swine Fever
A new report out from RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness pegs expected losses from African swine fever in China in 2019 to reach as high as 35 percent of the total hog herd.
Source: Meating Place
2. Salmonella Enteritidis sickens 63 in new Canadian outbreak
08.04.2019. Canada. Salmonella
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections involving residents of six Canadian provinces.
Source: Food Safety News
3. French Listeria cases linked to cheese company
12.04.2019. France. Listeria
Several people in France are part of a Listeria outbreak linked to eating cheese made by one company.
Source: Food Safety News
4. More scrutiny needed for less-deadly foodborne bacteria, say scientists
09.04.2019. Global. WGS
Employing advanced genetic-tracing techniques and sharing the data produced in real time could limit the spread of the foodborne illness-causing bacteria Bacillus cereus, according to researchers who utilized whole-genome sequencing in a pathogen-outbreak investigation.
Source: Meating Place
5. ‘Veggie discs’ to replace veggie burgers in EU crackdown on food labels
04.04.2019. Europe. Labelling
Vegetarian food producers must revise names if MEPs agree new rules to protect meat terms.
Source: The Guardian
6. WHO dropped sponsorship of EAT-Lancet event
11.04.2019. Global. Nutrition
The World Health Organization dropped its sponsorship of a March event launching the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health, according to a report in The British Medical Journal.
Source: Meating Place
7. Wild mushroom warning in Australia after poisoning cases
12.04.2019. Australia. Food Safety
The Food Safety Information Council has warned people in Australia not to pick or eat wild mushrooms following a number of poisoning cases.
Source: Food Safety News
8. Almost a third of STEC cases in children
10.04.2019. Europe. E. coli
Children up to four years old accounted for almost one-third of confirmed Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) cases in 2017, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Source: Food Safety News
9. Another egg recall as outbreak investigation continues
09.04.2019. Australia. Outbreak
More eggs have been recalled in Australia as authorities continue to investigate a Salmonella outbreak.
Source: Food Safety News
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