date:Jun 28, 2012
Speaking at the IFAH-Europe conference in Brussels last week, Catherine Geslain-Lanelle, executive director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said Europe had made great progress on tackling food safety over the past 10 years. Human cases of salmonella, for example, were cut in half between 2004-2009.
However, she pointed out that 75% of new human diseases over the past 10 years have originated from animals.The risk to the EU of emerging food-borne disease and pathogens must not be