The government of New Zealand latest attempts to combat Campylobacter have come under fire from the country’s Green Party. Scoop, an independent news service in New Zealand, says the Greens think the Poultry code too weak to tackle campy epidemic. It reports that:
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority has missed a vital chance to
Campylobacter is a big problem in New Zealand. Reporting for Meat & Poultry, the business journal for meat and poultry processors, Bryan Salvage says:
New guidelines for poultry processors have been developed by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (N.Z.F.S.A.) and the New Zealand Poultry Industry Association to reduce food poisoning cases associated with Campylobacter
The new issue of Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) Food and Nutrition Research Briefs, published on line by the United States Department of Agriculture, reports that a new medium developed by ARS that provides a quicker, simpler way to distinguish between Campylobacter species has been licensed for manufacture by two U.S. companies.
Food and Nutrition
New guidelines for poultry processors have been developed by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (N.Z.F.S.A.) and the New Zealand Poultry Industry Association to reduce food poisoning cases associated with Campylobacter