EURL staphylococci

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https://eurl-staphylococci.anses.fr
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Coagulase Positive Staphylococci
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EFSA-ECDC 2017 Annual Report

EFSA and ECDC have just published the European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in 2017: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/181212.

In the chapter on food-borne outbreaks (Chapter 16, p. 209-250), data on FBOs due to bacterial toxins, including staphylococcal enterotoxins, can be found. In addition, a sub-chapter (17.2, p. 251-252) is dedicated to staphylococcal enterotoxins, being a microbiological contaminant covered by a food safety criterion in EC Regulation 2073/2005.

Workshop of the Italian NRL for Official Control Italian Laboratories in Torino (15 November)

Déborah MERDA was invited by the Italian NRL, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte (IZSTo), to attend its annual workshop for their National official control laboratories (OCL).

The Italian NRL presented different PTs performed along 2018. The OCL presented their recent staphylococcal food poisoning outbreaks and their research project.

The purpose of the attendance of Déborah MERDA was to present the EURL for CPS work on WGS and real time PCR method. These 2 methods aroused enthousiasm among the laboratories, some were even willing to implement them in their laboratory.

 

Training on the detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin genes by multiplex real-time PCR (15-16 November)

Alexandra CAUQUIL & Noémie VINGADASSALON organised a training session held at the EURL for CPS Maisons-Alfort (FR) on 15-16 November.

This training session was dedicated to the detection of se genes in CPS strains by real-time PCR for 3 NLRs (LV, IS & MK).

  • Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment "BIOR" of Latvia (Lasma EGLITE),
  • Matis ohf of Iceland (Anna Pala VIGNISDOTTIR),
  • and Microbiology of food and feed of Macedonia (Marija RATKOVA).

 

 

Meeting of WG 2 Statistics of ISO/TC 34/SC9 (18-19 October, 2018)

Bertrand LOMBARD convened the 28th meeting of WG 2 Statistics of ISO/TC 34/SC 9 "Food products-Microbiology", held at Campden BRI, Campden UK, on 18-19 October.

The main topic on the agenda was the revision of ISO/TS 19036, dealing with measurement uncertainty for quantitative determinations. This project is led by Basi JARVIS (Project Leader), Keith JEWEL and Paul IN'T VELD (co-Project Leaders).

More precisely, WG 2 has given a follow-up to the ISO/CEN vote on ISO/DIS 19036. This vote had a very positive outcome with 100% approvals but with many comments. All comments have been reviewed, a new draft is being prepared by WG 2 which will be then submitted to final vote in 2019. It is expected that the revised standard be published by the end of 2019.

Other topics have been also dealt, including statistical aspects related to method validation/verification (EN ISO 16140 series), validation of calculation tools.

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