Human health research and surveillance reports

Literature review of evidence around the aetiology of human campylobacteriosis in New Zealand, including evidence around foodbourne transmission.

Literature review and assessment of the morbidity and mortality evidence associated with consumption of raw milk and raw milk cheese

Studies to quantify the burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in New Zealand community, general practice study, and community and hospital laboratry surveys.

The Acute Gastrointestinal Illness (AGI) Study is a set of three linked surveys, with the following objectives:
•To determine the magnitude and distribution of self reported AGI in the New Zealand population;
•To estimate the burden of disease associated with AGI;
•To describe and estimate the magnitude of under-ascertainment of AGI at each stage in the national communicable disease surveillance process; and,
•To identify modifiable factors affecting under-ascertainment that, if altered, could reduce case loss throughout the AGI component of the surveillance system.

The Acute Gastrointestinal Illness (AGI) General Practice Study is one of three studies, which aim to quantify the burden of AGI in New Zealand. The specific objectives of the AGI General Practice Study include:
• To estimate the incidence of patients presenting to general practitioners (GPs) diagnosed with AGI
• To estimate the proportion of consultations for AGI resulting in a faecal specimen request
• To assess the influence of patient factors on GPs requesting faecal specimens for AGI patients
• To assess patient compliance with faecal specimen requests
• To assess GP notification of AGI to the Medical Officer of Health

This survey of community and hospital laboratories is one of the elements of a study of acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) in New Zealand. The other elements are a survey to determine the prevalance of AGI in the community, and an investigation of the incidence of AGI-related visits to General Practitioners.

This study was undertaken at the request of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority/Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to update the raw milk cheese component of a previous study of human disease associated with raw milk and raw milk products, titled ‘A systematic review of the human disease evidence associated with the consumption of raw milk and raw milk cheeses’ (Jaros et al. 2008)

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has an aim to reduce food-related risks to human health. Its Science Strategy has identified human health surveillance as an essential element of the monitoring and review component of its risk management framework. In addition evidence from notifications, case enquiries, outbreak investigations and other epidemiological studies of human enteric diseases are being increasingly used as sources of data for risk assessments. There is increasing interest in foodborne disease statistics within NZFSA and its stakeholders.

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has an aim to reduce food-related risks to human health. Its Science Strategy has identified human health surveillance as an essential element of the monitoring and review component of its risk management framework. In addition, evidence from notifications, case enquiries, outbreak investigations and other epidemiological studies of human enteric diseases are being increasingly used as sources of data for risk assessments. There is increasing interest in foodborne disease statistics within NZFSA and its stakeholders.

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has an aim to reduce food-related risks to human health. Its Science Strategy has identified human health surveillance as an essential element of the monitoring and review component of its risk management framework. In addition, evidence from notifications, case enquiries, outbreak investigations and other epidemiological studies of human enteric diseases are being increasingly used as sources of data for risk assessments. There is increasing interest in foodborne disease statistics within NZFSA and its stakeholders.

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has an aim to reduce food-related risks to human health. Its Science Strategy has identified human health surveillance as an essential element of the monitoring and review component of its risk management framework. In addition, evidence from notifications, case enquiries, outbreak investigations and other epidemiological studies of human enteric diseases are being increasingly used as sources of data for risk assessments. There is increasing interest in foodborne disease statistics within NZFSA and its stakeholders.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has an aim to reduce food-related risks to human health. Human health surveillance is an essential element of the monitoring and review component of its risk management framework. In addition, evidence from notifications, case enquiries, outbreak investigations and other epidemiological studies of human enteric diseases are being increasingly used as sources of data for risk assessments. There is increasing interest in foodborne disease statistics within MAF and its stakeholders.

Annual Report of information on potentially foodborne diseases in New Zealand, 2011

Annual Report of information on potentially foodborne diseases in New Zealand, 2012