EFSA STUDY MARRED BY STATISTICAL ANOMALIES
May 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW system of gathering food health data across the European Union (EU) appears to have marred an annual comparative study from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), with Britain's data collection being indirectly criticised.
While the UK appears to have received a relative clean bill of health regarding food-related illnesses, statistical anomalies probably explain the results, with Britain supplying insufficient information.
For instance, regarding the most commonly reported problem salmonella poisoning, the report said in 2007 that six ...
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