A multi-agency investigation is underway after a link has been established between a batch of imported eggs and an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis Phage Type (PT) 14b infection in England and Wales.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published a review of existing studies that explore how people manage food safety in their homes and what implications these behaviours could have on their health.
The FSA has produced a short video for those working in butchers shops to encourage them to think about the type of food safety risks they face in their business and how they should control them.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has today published a review of the latest scientific knowledge on these viruses providing advice on possible measures to control and prevent their spread in the EU. The assessment recommends among others that mitigating measures should focus on the prevention of contamination rather than removing the virus from contaminated food.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has published new guidelines to assist healthcare professionals in the management and treatment of acute bloody diarrhoea in children, with particular reference to those cases linked to vero-cytotoxin producing E. coli infection (VTEC).
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