The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has reported this week that there was a significant decline in the number of human cases of Campylobacter in 2016.
FSA analyzed a number of laboratory reports and a host of other factors to determine that the region experienced a 17 percent decline in Campylobacter cases--a numerical decline of about 100,000. This reduction in cases has a number of positive implications. The FSA’s board has met its agreed upon goal for the year. Fewer cases is expected to save the UK economy over £13 million (equivalent to just under $16 million) in terms of days off from work and other expenses paid by the UK’s National Health Service.