Foodborne diseases, in particular those related to meat and meat products, have recently become a matter of great public concern. Sheep and goat meat can transmit infections and diseases either through handling during preparation procedures or as a result of ingestion by the consumer. The authors highlight the second route of contamination in relation to meat and meat products from small rumina...

Illness and death from diseases caused by contaminated food are a constant threat to public health and a significant impediment to socio-economic development worldwide. To measure the global and regional burden of foodborne disease (FBD), the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG), which here reports their first estimates of ...

INTRODUCTION Foodborne diseases (FBD) have emerged as a major public health problem worldwide. Though the global burden of FBD is currently unknown, foodborne diarrhoeal diseases kill 1.9 million children globally every year. On 25th September 2014, health authorities in Eastern Region of Ghana were alerted of a suspected FBD outbreak involving patrons of a community food joint. We investigated...

Planning for rapid response to outbreaks of foodborne zoonoses requires coordination and intersectoral collaboration, making the process inherently complex. Guidance documents have been published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on the topics of foodborne outbreak investigation, establishing food safety emergency respon...

Salmonellosis is the second most common zoonosis in humans after campylobacteriosis. Eggs and egg products are foods commonly associated with Salmonella outbreaks. Also, inadequate hygiene practices performed by consumers at home contribute to prevalence of foodborne diseases. The elderly, children, pregnant women vulnerable individuals. Thus, objective this study was analyse Romanian Portugues...

Foodborne disease has been associated with microorganisms like bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites. Most commonly, the outbreaks take place due to the ingestion of pathogenic bacteria like Salmonella Typhi, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio cholera, Campylobacter jejuni, and Listeria monocytogenes. The disease usually happens as a result of toxin secretion of the microorganisms...

Fernandes et al [1] provide convincing evidence that an outbreak of Campylobacter (species not provided) infection occurred in the population of a small island in England in late September and early October 2011. The investigators conclude that a combination of descriptive epidemiology, genomic epidemiology, and environmental investigation identified the likely source of the outbreak: milk past...