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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11242
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) food safety

Cases of listerosis and VTEC on rise, say EFSA and ECDC

Brussels, 29/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - In 2013 human cases of listerosis and verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) infection rose in the EU, according to the latest report on food-borne zoonoses, published by the European Food Standards Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Wednesday 28 January.

This European Union Summary Report on Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic Agents and Food-borne Outbreaks in 2013 reveals, too, that human cases...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: Ministers extend sanctions and call for further measures
(AE) BAHRAIN: Shura members deny human rights problems
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: EU condemns attacks at Lebanese-Israeli border
(AE) USA: EU criticises execution of man with mental disability
(AE) TRADE: Commission works for total transparency of ISDS
(AE) TRADE: Malmström wants mandate for TiSA negotiations published
(AE) TRADE: WTO verdict adopted on Argentina's import policy
(AE) SYRIA: EU increases its emergency aid by €136 million
(AE) LATIN AMERICA: EU normalises its relations with Cuba at CELAC summit
(AE) MOROCCO: Visa negotiations with EU on right track
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Ministers want to speed up deadline on work on terrorism
(AE) JHA:
(AE) JHA: Integration requirement on long-term residents is legal
(AE) ENERGY: Ball in Swiss court on electricity agreement
(AE) INDUSTRY: New EU tourism record
(AE) GMO: Europe lagging behind world, EuropaBio regrets
(AE) FOOD SAFETY: Cases of listerosis and VTEC on rise, say EFSA and ECDC
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Parliament milk sector report in April/May
(AE) FISHERIES: Agreement on implementation of landing obligation
(AE) FISHERIES: Report recommends EU-Kenya agreement
(AE) TRANSPORT: Leichtfried ends two years of work on heavy goods vehicles
(AE) TRANSPORT: Drivers want German minimum wage suspended
(AE) TRANSPORT: Wim Van de Camp wants reciprocity for transport in TTIP
(AE) WOMEN: Important EU contribution to development equality
(AE) REGIONS: European Parliament and CoR seeking to win over citizens
(AE) DIGITAL: Commission digs in on digital strategy
(AE) DIGITAL: Inter-group launch at European parliament for digital agenda
(AE) DIGITAL: Spectrum debate must respect media pluralism
(AE) DIGITAL: ENISA publishes 2014 “cyber-threat landscape” report
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Schulz feels Greek government will not act unilaterally
(AE) ECONOMY: Importance of removing barriers to investment stressed
(AE) BANKS: Distribution of dividends - ECB calls for prudence
(AE) COMPETITION: Green light to joint venture between Novartis and GSK
(AE) COMPETITION: Conditional 'yes' to Mylan's acquisition of Abbott's generics business
(AE) STATE AID: British flood reinsurance scheme approved
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
(AE) RUSSIA: Threats to withdraw from Council of Europe in 2016
(AE) UKRAINE: Humanitarian situation - PACE calls for ceasefire