One-third of turkeys for food chain had salmonella
- From: Pat Gardiner <pat.gardiner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 11:01:30 +0100
Pat's Note:
I feel reassured that the EU are taking over responsibility for making
sure Britain's food is safe. You can't rely on the Food Standards
Agency vets. Look at the state of some of the turkey farms they were
supposed to be responsible for.
Reacll the TV pictures during the first avian flu outbreak. They
didn't dare prosecute the owners. The vets were complicit in allowing
low standards.
I wonder who actually tested the turkeys in Britain? You have to
remember that Britain's bent vets fake results as a matter of routine
and threaten anyone trying to stop them. So you can't blame the
farmers.
I wonder if the EU would help force Defra to release the MRSA figures
for pigs.
I see BPEX are alarmed about their salmonella figures and are racing
about "doing something." That won't be anything sensible.
http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=18484
One-third of turkeys for food chain had salmonella
News | 15 May, 2008
SALMONELLA was found to be present in one-third of turkeys reared for
human consumption in the UK last year, but the vast majority of them
did not threaten human health, according to the European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA).
The specific salmonella strains responsible for food infections in
humans were detected in just 0.9 per cent of the Quality British
Turkey (QBT) flocks, said EFSA.
In the EU, 30 per cent of turkeys reared for human consumption tested
positive for salmonella, but again that figure belies the true story
where 3.8 per cent of turkeys were found to have strains dangerous to
human health.
The EU will now introduce regulation to reduce the number of flocks
that pose a risk to human health to less than 1 per cent throughout
Europe.
A spokesman for the British Poultry Council said he was proud of the
UK turkey industry, but added more work must be done with the Food
Standards Agency and Veterinary Laboratories Agency to reduce the
figure further.
?We have done extremely well to reduce these numbers compared to many
other EU nations. The EU target for reduction of salmonella is 1 per
cent and we are already better than this but further work can be
done,? he said.
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Regards
Pat Gardiner
Release the results of testing British pigs for MRSA and C.Diff now!
www.go-self-sufficient.com
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