Toxoplasma

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Animal Feed Impact on Food Safety Report of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Animal Feed Impact on Food Safety which was held at FAO Headquarters in Rome from 8 to 12 October 2007. The meeting concluded that ensuring safe feed is an important component of efforts to reduce and prevent food safety hazards and indicated several potential measures to ensure safe feed. Agenda of the meeting, list of participants, experts' resumes and list of documents are included as appendices. The report is being translated in French and Spanish. Printed copies may be requested from: Daniela.Battaglia@fao.org. (more) Publication Year: 2008	Feb 26, 2008
	European Food Safety Authority	The Community Summary Report on Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic Agents and Antimicrobial Resistance in the European Union in 2004 Report on zoonotic agents and zoonoses in the EU in 2004. Includes data on levels of agents in foods and foodborne outbreaks and on antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella, Campylobacter, and E. coli. (more) Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2006 Publication Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2005	Jan 9, 2006
	Kourenti, Christina; Heckeroth, Anja; Tenter, Astrid; Karanis, Panagiotis	Development and Application of Different Methods for the Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in Water Report of a study that evaluated centrifugation and flocculation (a method used by water treatment plants) as methods for recovery of Toxoplasma oocysts from water samples. (more) Publication Month: January 2003	Aug 5, 2003
	American Medical Association/American Nurses Association-American Nurses Foundation/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration/Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department	Foodborne Illnesses Table: Parasitic Agents This table gives etiology, incubation period, signs and symptoms, duration of illness, associated foods, laboratory testing, and treatment information for Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora cayetanensis, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, Toxoplasma gondii, and Trichinella spiralis. (more) Publication Month: February 2004	Jul 19, 2002
	Doyle, Ellin	Foodborne Parasites: A Review of the Scientific Literature This review discusses foodborne parasites and their control in general as well as the effects and occurrence of certain Protozoan parasites, nematodes, trematodes, and cestodes. (more) Publication Month: October 2003	Oct 13, 2004
	Food and Drug Administration/Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Healthy People 2010 Focus Area Data Progress Review: Focus Area 10: Food Safety: Challenges, Barriers, Strategies and Opportunities Review of progress in Healthy People 2010 Focus Area 10: Food Safety. Includes discussion of reducing foodborne illness, Campylobacter, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella, Cyclospora cayetanensis, postdiarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome, Toxoplasma gondii, outbreak reduction, preventing antimicrobial resistant Salmonella, reducing deaths from food allergies, consumer and food employee food safety behavior, and organophosphate pesticide residues. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2004	Jun 18, 2004
	Office International des Epizooties (World Organization for Animal Health)	Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals This manual discusses laboratory diagnostic tests and information on vaccines for certain animal diseases. Publication Year: 2004	Oct 18, 2004
	Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited	Microbial Pathogen Data Sheets Fact sheets on foodborne pathogens. Sections include "The Organism/Toxin," "Growth and Its Control," "The Illness," "Sources," "Outbreaks and Incidents," "Adequate Processing Guidelines," and others. Fact sheets may be available for Bacillus cereus, Campylobacter, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens, Cryptosporidium parvum, enteric viruses, E. coli O157:H7, non-O157 STEC, Giardia intestinalis, hepatitis A virus, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium bovis, Norwalk-like viruses, Salmonella Typhi, non-typhoid Salmonellae, scombroid poisoning, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus, Toxoplasma gondii, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus, and Yersinia enterocolitica. (more)	Sep 7, 2004
	Gale, Paul	Risk Assessment: Use of Composting and Biogas Treatment to Dispose of Catering Waste Containing Meat Assessment of risks to humans and livestock from pathogens in compost associated with uncooked meat in catering (including household) waste. Pathogens considered include BSE, scrapie, foot and mouth disease virus, classical swine fever virus, swine vesicular disease, African swine fever, Newcastle disease, Cryptosporidium, Toxoplasma gondii, Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, Campylobacter, Trichinella spiralis, Clostridium botulinum, and plant pathogens. Includes an appendix entitled "Response to the Survey of Meat Preparation in Kitchens". (more) Publication Month: May 2002	Apr 28, 2004
	Lake, Rob; Hudson, Andrew; Cressey, Peter/Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited	Risk Profile: Toxoplasma gondii in Red Meat and Meat Products Profile of the risks associated with in red meat and meat products in New Zealand. Includes each step of a qualitative risk assessment as well as other information that will be useful for risk management. Also includes an appendix entitled "Categories for Risk Profiles". (more) Publication Month: August 2002	Sep 24, 2003
	Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Toxoplasmosis Description of toxoplasmosis, how you can get it, its symptoms, at-risk populations, and prevention and treatment information for this illness. (more)	Jun 17, 2002

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