Category Archives: Animal Feed

RASFF Alert – Animal Feed – Salmonella – Frozen Fish

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Salmonella in frozen fish for pet food from Spain in Italy

RASFF Alert – Animal Feed – Enterobacteriaceae – Dog Chews

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High count of Enterobacteriaceae in dog chews from China in Sweden

Research – Salmonella in animals and feed in Great Britain 2021

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This publication presents data on Salmonella reports from livestock species in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) collected and collated by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) during 2021 and also provides data from previous years for comparative purposes.
The data in the first 12 chapters cover reports of Salmonella in animals, with separate chapters for the main livestock species, reports of Salmonella in dogs, reports of Salmonella in wildlife and reports of Salmonella in animal feeding stuffs.
The 13th chapter covers antimicrobial resistance data for Salmonella (England and Wales only).Since 1993, the date of a Salmonella incident has been recorded as the date it was reported to an Officer of the Minister. Under the present system, any Salmonella reports that are confirmed or identified after the publication of the annual report will be incorporated into the revised tables that appear in the following year’s publication. This may result in the number of incidents and/ or isolations differing from that previously given for a particular year.
The most recent version of the report should therefore always be used when comparing data from year to year. Revisions in the way that data have been compiled and presented since 1993 mean that, with the exception of the tables on Salmonella in animal feeding stuffs, data in this report cannot be compared directly with information published prior to 1993. A more detailed comparison can be generated, if required, for any Salmonella serovar, or phage type in the case of S.Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium. Requests for such data should be made to the Department of Epidemiological Sciences, APHA Weybridge who will be happy to assist with requests at Foodbornezoonoses@apha.gov.uk. Care should be taken when comparing data from one year to another as an increase or decrease in the number of isolations and incidents does not necessarily indicate a similar change in prevalence. This is because the total number of samples examined and their distribution are often not known.

RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Enterobacteriaceae – Dog Chews

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Too high count of Enterobacteriaceae in dog chew from Turkey in Germany

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Enterobacteriaceae in dog chews from Turkey in Germany

RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Salmonella – ABPO – Pet Food – Fenugreek Seed Powder – Rapeseed Meal

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Presence of Salmonella Isangi in animal by product to be used as feed material from Germany in Italy

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Salmonella in pet food from Netherlands in Belgium

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Salmonella Weltevreden in fenugreek seed powder in France and Finland

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Salmonella Tennessee in rapeseed meal from Germany in Finland

Research – Prevalence and Characterization of Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli Isolated from Animal Feed in Croatia

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A survey on prevalence and number of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia (E.) coli (STEC) in animal feed was carried out over a period of nine years in the Republic of Croatia. A total of 1688 feed samples were collected from feed factories and poultry farms. Analysis included two standard procedures: sample enrichment and (a) immunomagnetic separation and plating on two selective media; or (b) plating on two selective media. Confirmation of STEC included morphological examination, biochemical tests, serotyping, and polymerase chain reaction. Morphological and biochemical characterization revealed 629 E. coli strains. Further serological screening method revealed 78 STEC and EPEC serotypes, while only 27 strains were confirmed as STEC with PCR. All positive samples (1.6%) originated from poultry farms and contained combination of virulence genes: eaeA, stx1, and/or stx2. Since the presence of stx (especially stx2) and eae are identified as risk factors for development of severe diseases in humans, results of this survey indicate that avian sources of STEC infections might be one of those “undefined sources” of human illnesses. Further research is necessary for evaluation of risks posed by contaminated feed, poultry, and environment.

RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Salmonella – Feather Meal – Soy Flour – Soya Bean Meal

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Salmonella in feather meal from Russia in Poland and Hungary

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Salmonella Senftenberg in soy flour from Hungary, via the Netherlands in Italy, Slovenia and Belgium

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Salmonella Yoruba in Soya bean meal from NL in Finland

RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Salmonella – Raw Pet Food – Whole Egg Powder

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Enterobacertiaceae and Salmonella spp. in raw pet food for fish from Thailand in Germany

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Salmonella spp. in whole egg powder, processed into pet- food from Germany in Switzerland and Austria

RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Salmonella – Soybean Extraction Meal – Wheat Feed – Barley Feed

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Salmonella spp. in soybean extraction meal from Germany in Switzerland and Netherlands

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Salmonella enterica ser. Senftenberg in soybean meal from Russia, via Luxembourg in Sweden

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Salmonella Infantis in wheat feed from Poland in Finland

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Salmonella Enteritidis in barley feed from Spain in Finland

RASFF Alert – Animal Feed – Aflatoxin – Groundnut kernels

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Aflatoxin B1 in Brazilian groundnut kernels for birdfeed in the Netherlands