Food Safety System Articles & Analysis
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Three cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) were reported and related to contaminated beef consumption. Blood and food safety systems were established to prevent vCJD transmission.Keywords: variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, vCJD, The Netherlands, risk management, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE, mad cow disease, blood ...
To date, there have been no reported cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in Belgium. Recent enhancements to food safety and blood safety systems, along with safeguards against transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (including vCJD) in hospital environments, will help to prevent the occurrence of vCJD in ...