EFSA verdict on food of non-animal origin

Published: 2013-01-10 Origin: foodqualitynews Authour: Rod Addy Views: 14

Core Tip: Germs from food of non-animal origin (FoNAO) were responsible for almost half the number of deaths caused by food-transmitted pathogens according to EFSA.

From 2008-2011 there was also an increase in the number of FoNAO outbreaks, cases, hospitalizations and deaths, compared with decreases in instances from FoAO, it stated.

The EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards revealed this information as part of its Scientific Opinion on the risks posed by pathogens, which it has just published.

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