USDA researchers have confirmed the absence in the commercial pork supply of trichinella, a parasitic worm "that once posed a major food safety risk,” the department’s Agricultural Research Service ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have documented the absence of infection by ...

Experts have helped develop risk-based approaches to control two parasites in meat, requiring the re-evaluation of traditional practices and the assessment of regulatory and industry resources. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Trichinellosis is a parasitic infection occurring in people who eat meat-eating mammals. It is reported to cause ...

The Trichinella notification rate in Europe almost doubled in 2019 compared to 2018, according to recently published data. In 2019, 12 countries reported 141 cases of trichinellosis of which 96 were ...

Infectivity of Trichinella spiralis from the polar bear and from hogs has been tested in a number of host species. Rats, hamsters, and mice are relatively refractory to the polar bear form but are ...

Human infection comes from eating raw or undercooked meat of many species (e.g. domestic pig, horse, game) containing infective Trichinella larvae. The Commission said pig meat from negligible risk ...

The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) has agreed to draft guidelines for the control of Trichinella spp in pork, marking a major victory for the US pork industry, according to the National Pork ...

Did you happen to read the recent report about six Americans who ate grilled kabobs containing coiled nematode larvae? Looking back, the ruddy barbeque served at a gathering of relatives from Arizona, ...

Murine lymphocytes, neutrophils, macrophages and eosinophils were assayed for lysophospholipase in order to determine the cellular source of the enzyme. The eosinophil was the only cell that ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have documented the absence of infection by Trichinella, a parasite that once posed a major food safety ...