Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) is a group of pathogenic Escherichia coli strains capable of producing Shiga toxins, with the potential to cause severe enteric and systemic disease in humans.
At the request of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Consumers, a rapid risk assessment has been prepared concerning the outbreak of E Coli in Germany.
Published by the European Food Safety Authority, this joint scientific report brings together data on the occurrence of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks and zoonoses cases reported in humans.
On 22 and 23 June 2010, epidemiologists and laboratory experts from across the EU working on food- and waterborne diseases and zoonoses met in Dublin, Ireland, for the Third Annual Meeting of the European Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses (FWD) Network.