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Improvement in EUs ability to cope with cross-border health threats

18th October 2012

The European Public Health Committee has amended a draft law that should improve the EU’s ability to cope with health threats such as the 2011 E.coli outbreak.

The legislative proposal will enable an extension of the current coordination mechanism for transmissible disease to all biological, chemical or environmental health threats. An existing EU structure, the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS), set up in 1998 for communicable diseases, would be strengthened and its scope extended to all cross-border threats to health, including human zoonotic infections (transmitted from animals to humans).

The aim of the EWRS is to help to identify the nature of the threat during a health crisis. It monitors how fast and how wide a disease are spreading.

Under existing legislation, the EU needs to wait for the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare an international emergency across continents. The new law would introduce the possibility of recognising a European "health emergency" to accelerate the provision of medication needed to combat the crisis.

The draft legislation will be put to a plenary vote in November in Strasbourg.

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Irish outbreak continues

22nd October 2012

At least 269 people are now suspected to have fallen ill in an outbreak of E.coli O157:H7 after eating at Flick's restaurant in Belfast, the Public Health Agency (PHA) announced yesterday. The number ill consist of 90 laboratory-confirmed cases and another 179 probabl... ...read on

Belfast restaurant at the centre of a 'major public health crisis'

18th October 2012

An E.coli outbreak linked to a Belfast restaurant has been classified as a major public health crisis, following 20 confirmed cases and a further 150 cases of suspected food poisoning. The Public Health Agency has said this number could rise within days as the incubat... ...read on

Improvement in EUs ability to cope with cross-border health threats

18th October 2012

The European Public Health Committee has amended a draft law that should improve the EU’s ability to cope with health threats such as the 2011 E.coli outbreak. The legislative proposal will enable an extension of the current ... ...read on

US concerns about private food inspectors

18th October 2012

On NBCs TODAY show this week, Lisa Meyers presented a news story focusing on foodborne illness and the inspection process to ensure a safe American food supply. ... ...read on

American outbreak claims young life

18th October 2012

North Carolina health officials have confirmed that a child has died from an E. coli infection contracted at the Cleveland County Fair. Fourteen children and six adults who attended the fair between 26t September and 7th October have also contracted the bacteria. ... ...read on

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