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Two new important reports on zoonotic diseases
05 July 2012 | Official publicationsTwo new important reports on zoonotic diseases and options to address them (‘One Health’) have been published online. Both of them list the World Bank/TAFS livestock disease atlas in their references, underlining the usefulness of our work.
The reports will be presented in detail at the next TAFS meeting.
Who should pay to make ground beef safe from E. coli?
02 December 2011 | Technical news (commented)The debate as to who should pay for food safety is a good one to have as it indicates that the problem has moved from the technological to the economic level. This may not be entirely the case with Shigatoxin-producing E. coli, but it is good to learn about advances in this field.
See http://www.usatoday.com for a recent article on the topic.
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