09 July 2010
Danish authorities have signed a new four-year agreement as part of an on-going programme to combat salmonella and campylobacter.
The government has pledged to spend DKK 25m (€3.3m) annually until 2014 to strengthen its fight against the bacteria. The cash would also be used to investigate Listeria and study E.coli resistance seen in imported poultry meat.
Officials said effort would be intensified on reducing incidents of the pathogens in the processing and retail parts of the food supply chain.
The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries announced the initiative even though numbers sickened by campylobacter and salmonella had fallen between 2007 and 2010 and there was currently no salmonella in its domestic fresh chicken meat.