European Commission – Food and Veterinary Office report on a review of controls for VTEC in Europe

The Food and Veterinary Office of the European Commission Health and Consumer Protection Directorate has published its report on a series of missions undertaken to assess controls of Vero cytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) in the food production sector (click here). In the first half of 2001 six countries were visited (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal, and Sweden), and the objectives of the missions were to provide a review of the current situation regarding VTEC at a European level, and identify best practices in the member states visited.