EFSA ZOONOSES DISEASE ASSESSMENT REPORT
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST detailed European Union (EU) report on serious food and animal diseases that can harm or kill humans has been released by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). In its introduction, EFSA said: "In order to prevent these diseases, it is important to identify which animals and foodstuffs are the main source of these infections". This paper includes data on 2004, and covers a wide range of diseases and pathogens, including salmonella, campylobacter, listeria, VTEC, mycobacteria, brucellosis, yersinia, trichinella, ...
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