Voeding en gezondheid - infecties door voedsel

- The annual incidence of food-borne infections in the Netherlands is estimated to be 250,000 or more; registration, however, is lacking.

- Meat, poultry, milk and eggs are contaminated primarily by intestinal animal commensals (Salmonella, Campylobacter, E. coli O157:H7, Yersinia enterocolitica) or secondarily by animals, humans and the environment during processing (typhoid fever, Shigella, Listeria, Clostridium, hepatitis A virus, Norwalk virus, parasites).

- The guidelines for the prevention of contamination are insufficient.

- Intensity of production and the economic importance of fast, large-scale production are given priority over food safety.

- Information fails to reach the consumer.