Press Release: EFSA looks at public health risks from foods of non-animal origin

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), on 8 January 2013, published the first scientific assessment in Europe, on public health risks posed by pathogens that may contaminate food of non-animal origin. The scientific opinion compares the proportion of human cases reported in outbreaks of food-borne disease, from 2007 to 2011, related to food of non-animal origin with those associated with food of animal origin in Europe.

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EFSA: EFSA Journal Vol.11, No.1, 2013: Scientific Opinion on the risk posed by pathogens in food of non-animal origin. Part 1 (outbreak data analysis and risk ranking of food/pathogen combinations) http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/3025.htm

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