Today, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched a joint initiative for the Global Control of African swine fever...

An outbreak of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, has affected at least 209 children from Thanh Khuong Commune in the northern province of Bac Ninh, according to local media. Since last week, thousands...

A regional emergency meeting convened by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) took place today in Bangkok, which included veterinary authorities and many other stakeholders from 12 countries,...

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The parasitic disease, Trichinellosis follows consumption of raw or undercooked meat infected with Trichinella larvae. It has been a nationally notifiable disease in the United States since 1966 and...

Uncooked and undercooked pork is notorious for harboring a number of infectious agents that can sicken people. Two countries in Europe are warning of two different infectious microorganisms being found...