EFSA's 12th Scientific Colloquium - Assessing health benefits of controlling Campylobacter in the food chain
EFSA's 12th Scientific Colloquium - Assessing health benefits of controlling Campylobacter in the food chain
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.01.033
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发表时间:
2009-05-31
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Havelaar, A.
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作者:
Bronzwaer, S.;Hugas, M.;Havelaar, A.
In 2004 the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) initiated the Scientific Colloquium Series to provide a forum for fundamental debates on certain scientific issues underlying risk assessment in food and feed. Rather than being a series of lectures, Colloquia are organised in a way that provides ample opportunity for interactive exchange of views and discussion amongst participating experts. Following a short plenary session consisting of a few introductory presentations, participants split up into different discussion groups. The outcome of these discussions are presented and discussed in a final plenary session to formulate the conclusions of the Colloquium and, as appropriate, recommendations to EFSA and its relevant Scientific Panel (s). Scientific cooperation is an important aspect of EFSA's work, contributing to the provision of reliable and accurate risk assessment.Over the past years Campylobacter has overtaken Salmonella as the most frequently reported zoonotic disease-causing agent in the EU in humans and is common worldwide. Campylobacter was also the second most common causative agent of food-borne outbreaks in 2006 in the EU, even though most reported cases of campylobacteriosis are considered to be sporadic in nature. In 2005 the Scientific Panel on biological hazards (BIOHAZ) issued a scientific opinion assessing foodborne routes of human Campylobacter infections, and identifying possible control options as well as data gaps that required attention (European Food Safety Authority, 2005). The panel also supported consensus scientific opinion that poultry meat was a major source of