UK Food Standards Agency CEO Discusses Campylobacter Control Plan
BBC News today reported that the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a strategy aimed at reducing the number of illnesses from Britain's most common cause of food poisoning — campylobacter.
The Agency said it would improve information about levels of campylobacter in the supply chain. The bacterium is linked to about 460,000 poisoning cases, 22,000 hospital admissions and 110 deaths each year in the UK, with a significant proportion of cases involving campylobacter come from poultry.