EFSA LAUNCHES ANTI-ZOONOSES ACTION PLAN
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
PRACTICAL and scientific advice has been issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to national governments in the European Union (EU) on reducing the exposure of their citizens to animal and food-borne disease. In supporting the European Commission strategy of setting reduction targets for salmonella in poultry, EFSA identified "contamination animal feed as an important route for introducing salmonella into livestock" and hence into food. It also called for research into contaminated water spreading these zoonoses, including ...
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