CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS TOP LIVESTOCK TO HUMAN DISEASE IN THE EU
January 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded that in 2007, Campylobacter infections were the most prevalent disease passed onto humans from meat and dairy livestock. Salmonella infections fell for the fourth year running, while listeriosis cases remained at the same level. * http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211902269834.htm
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THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded that in 2007, Campylobacter infections were the most prevalent disease passed onto humans from meat and dairy livestock. Salmonella infections fell for the fourth year running, while listeriosis cases remained at the same level. * http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211902269834.htm
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