EFSA – BLOOD TESTS
January 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BIOHAZ panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has called for the speedy official validation of new diagnostic meat tests detecting the pathogen Taenia saginata cysticercosis. This is often missed by standard meat inspections, where existing incision tests can cause cross-contamination, said the panel. Blood sample analyses awaiting EU approval "appear particularly promising", it added.
THE BIOHAZ panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has called for the speedy official validation of new diagnostic meat tests detecting the pathogen Taenia saginata cysticercosis. This is often missed by standard meat inspections, where existing incision tests can cause cross-contamination, said the panel. Blood sample analyses awaiting EU approval "appear particularly promising", it added.
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