Health Protection Scotland - E Weekly ReportCopyright (C) Health Protection ScotlandHealth Protection Scotlandhttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51465Further to Current note 45/4704 (at http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=49810), the current issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases includes a report from the Institut de Veille Sanitaire16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51408A report on occupational health in veterinary practice: MRSA screening and the role of occupational health, has been published by the Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Asso10 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51409The Northern Ireland Public Health Agency (PHA) is leading a detailed investigation into the potential source of an outbreak of Listeria infections among hospital patients. Four cases including one d10 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51410The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), in conjunction with the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Germany and the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) in 10 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51332The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is warning people who may have bought any of three particular brands of reblochon cheese in France to discard them. The French authorities have issued an alert about po02 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51165In a new scientific opinion, experts from EFSA's Panel on Biological Hazards identify the main Salmonella serovars in turkeys and indicate that transmission from breeding stock to fattening flocks is 18 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51166The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is inviting tenders to carry out a systematic review on the survival of norovirus in foods and on food contact surfaces. Human enteric viruses are a major cause of inf18 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51031The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published its second report on the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) on 2 April. The virus that to date has been identified in eight EU member states can affect domes04 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50975The Food Standards Agency in Scotland is inviting tenders to carry out a desk-based research study to provide evidence to support the development of a monitoring programme for emerging marine biotoxin28 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50898Further to Current note 45/4607 (at http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=49762), the Scottish Government has announced the creation of a strategic board to oversee reforms of veterinary sur21 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50899Further to Current note 46/1104 (at http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50824) the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) h21 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50823The TRAVAX team has recently completed systematic reviews of its recommendations on diphtheria and tetanus (October 2011 ? February 2012) which have resulted in changes to the ways in which both are i14 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50824On 8 March the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published their summary annual report on zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne14 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50826The Board of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) will decide, at its next meeting, whether the FSA should review the current rules governing the sale and marketing of unpasteurised, or raw, drinking milk 14 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50703An article in the current issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases (at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/3/11-1236_article.htm) addresses the pathogenic potential of Escherichia coli O26 (and ot29 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50570The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the UK Departments of Health (DH), and for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), have re-issued annual advice that pregnant women who come into clo15 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50572The Health Protection Agency (HPA) and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) have jointly published new guidelines for the public health management of enteric fever in England. These 15 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50575The use in human medicine of third generation cephalosporins (3GCs, e.g. cefotaxime, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone) is generally believed to have been a major selective force in the emergence of extended-s15 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50576A Japanese company has applied to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for approval to market a strain of the bacterium Clostridium butyricum as a novel food ingredient for use in food supplements. Views a15 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50578Further to Current note 46/0604 (at http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=50495) the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has now published a preliminary analysis of the likely scenarios on15 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT