Trichinellosis associated with the consumption of horse meat: European regulations and risk management

E Maillot

doi:10.2807/esm.03.08.00121-en

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Trichinellosis associated with the consumption of horse meat: European regulations and risk management
E Maillot¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Réseau National de Santé Publique, Saint-Maurice, France

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Citation style for this article: Maillot E. Trichinellosis associated with the consumption of horse meat: European regulations and risk management. Euro Surveill. 1998;3(8):pii=121. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.03.08.00121-en

Abstract

Outbreaks of trichinellosis in Italy and France at the end of 1975 implicated the horse, an animal not considered previously to be at risk of this disease. European regulations at that time concerned only the control of pork. The obligation to search for