Microbiology

Climate Change and Emerging Food Safety Risks

Food Safety

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in weather patterns and average temperatures on Earth. These are mainly caused...

Food Safety in Europe: 2022 Annual Report of the Alert and Cooperation Network (RASFF, AAC and FFN)

Alerts

Last 19th June 2023 the European Commission published its 2022 report of the Alert and Cooperation Network. The report c...

The European Union One Health 2021 Report

Food Safety

Zoonoses are infectious diseases that are transmitted between animals and humans and are caused by harmful microorganism...

Listeria monocytogenes: new food alerts notified

Microbiology

Listeria is a family of bacteria consisting of several species, among them Listeria monocytogenes is the only pathogenic...

Behind the scenes with Vania Bolzon, Microbiology Lab Manager

Services

Today we meet Vania Bolzon, Microbiology Lab Manager. Vania began her career at Mérieux NutriSciences Italia when there...

FAO/WHO Experts evaluate E.coli (STEC) control measures

Microbiology

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are an important cause of food-borne disease. Infections can result in a w...

Researchers draw attention to Listeria problem in fish

Microbiology

According to the 2020 Annual Epidemiological Report on Communicable Diseases in Europe report; for 2017, 30 countries re...

Joint ecdc-efsa rapid outbreak assessment of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to chocolate products

Microbiology

As of 8 April 2022, 150 confirmed and probable cases of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported in nine EU/...