The Federal Government has released an assessment of potential food risks posed by highly pathogenic avian virus (HPAIV, commonly called bird flu), providing health authorities and others with a science-based approach to preventing human illness from the virus. The Risk Assessment was developed by an interagency work group that included the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s [...]

A survey in August that was sent to 5,000 food safety trainers and training centres by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) claims that that food safety training had been negatively affected by the economic climate due to ‘cost cutting’ measures. David Kidney, CIEH Head of Policy is quoted as saying “This survey is [...]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report has summarized epidemiologic data for the 1,097 reported outbreaks occurring during 2007 which resulted in 21,244 cases of foodborne illness and 18 deaths. Among the 497 foodborne outbreaks with a laboratory-confirmed single etiologic agent reported, Norovirus was the most common cause, followed by Salmonella. [...]