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Issue 10 | 2022

01 Bird flu spreads despite improved surveillance

04.03.22 | USA | Avian Influenza

New avian influenza cases have been reported from over 40 countries in the past six months; 17 cases were confirmed by the USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) from nine States.

02 Growing concerns over validity of Global Burden of Disease meat data

04.03.22 | Global | Health & Nutrition

The Grocer renewed its misgivings over the reliability of data on the threat to human health from eating red meat, after an international group of scientists including one of our own Panel of Experts, Professor Patrick Wall, published findings in the Lancet that failed to find the same relationship between eating red meat and human ill-health and deaths.

03 Regulatory agencies closely monitoring potential food impacts of Ukraine invasion

11.03.22 | Global | Food Safety

Food safety agencies around the world have expressed support for those affected by what is happening in Ukraine, and concern about the impact on the food sector. The European Commission is expected to give more details on food safety, security and resilience of the food chain on March 23.

04 UK poultry concerns continue to be dominated by bird flu and labour shortage

08.03.22 | UK | Avian Influenza/Brexit

Issues like avian influenza, trading arrangements post-Brexit, CO2 crisis and labour shortage continue to be a major concern for UK poultry producers.

05 FDA determines that gene-edited beef is safe

09.03.22 | USA | Gene Editing

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has added beef from gene-edited using CRISPR technology to salmon and pigs and numerous crops like corn and soybeans as safe for humans to eat. The genetic makeup was found to be like that in existing cattle, and the trait of slick coats better suited to hot weather is natural in some breeds.

06 Yersinia outbreak reports in Finland

08.03.21 | Finland | Yersinia

Following 2 local reports of Yersinia outbreaks in Finland in recent weeks, national public health officials are monitoring the situation.

Dawn Farms, The Maudlins, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland

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