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Looking at enhanced crisis preparedness and early detection of outbreaks in the EU.
World Health Day on 07 April 2014
Koen Van Dyck
Head of Unit
European Commission
DG Health & Consumers
DDG2.G4.: Food, alert systems and training
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Outline
• Legal framework
• Channels for early detection of outbreaks and trends
• Tools for enhanced crisis preparedness
• Communication
• Concluding remarks
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Why early detection or crisis prepardness ?
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• To limit the effects on human health and avoid spread of hazards (E. coli crisis:46 deaths; 782 HUS patients)
• To limit the need for food re-calls, trade restrictions or other economic consequences (loss during first two weeks: 812 Million EURO, Exports loss: 600 Million EURO, EC market support: 210 Million EURO)
• To agree on responsibilities and procedures beforehand and anticipate possible reactions of press/general public
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Multiple EU players with one goal
EFSA
DG
SANCO
Parliament
Council
FVO
Commission
ECDC
Member States Stakeholders
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Legal framework
Preparedness and Monitoring
• Decision No 2119/98/EC: Epidemiological surveillance of Communicable (human) diseases and Early Warning and Response System (EWRS)
• Directive 2003/99/EC on zoonoses monitoring in food and animals and foodborne outbreak investigations
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Legal framework
Outbreak management & coordination (food)
• Regulation (EC) No 178/2002: RASFF, emergencies and crisis management
• Regulation (EC) No 882/2004: Official controls including drawing up of contingency plans at national level
Outbreak management & coordination (humans)
• Regulation (EC) No 851/2004: ECDC founding act
• The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Treaty of Lisbon)
• Decision No 1082/2013/EU on serious cross border health threats
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Contingency planning
• Commission Decision 2004/478/EC concerning the adoption of a general plan for food/feed crisis management (implementing article 55 of Regulation 178/2002)
Plan further elaborated in SOPs
Creation of a network of crisis coordinators in MS
Communication strategy
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Channels for early detection of outbreaks
• EFSA trend reports on zoonoses and AMR
• systems: RASFF, EWRS, EPIS, etc.
• EURL network of expertise
• Media screening by ECDC
• International collaboration via WHO and other networks
• EFSA Stakeholder Consultative Group on Emerging Risks
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Overall trends
• EFSA figures on outbreaks
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Oubreaks
due to:
Total number of
foodborne
outbreaks (%)
Human cases
(%)
Hospitalisations
(%) Deaths (%)
FoNAO 219 (10) 10,543 (26) 2,798 (35) 57 (46)
FoAO 2,065 (90) 30,230 (74) 5,090 (65) 68 (54)
Total 2,284 40,773 7,888 125
Food-borne outbreaks 2007-2011
Source: Opinion of the EFSA BIOHAZ Panel on Risk posed by pathogens in food of non-animal origin (FoNAO): Part 1 (outbreak data analysis and risk ranking of food/pathogen combinations)
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Food-borne outbreaks: causative agents
Source: EFSA/ECDC EU Summary Report on Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic agents and Food-borne Outbreaks in 2012
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Overall trends
• EFSA figures on outbreaks
• EU success story on Salmonella
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EU Salmonella strategy
EFSA figures on confirmed human cases of salmonellosis in the EU
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EU rabies control
Rabies cases in animals in 1992 (left) and 2012 (right)
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Overall trend
• EFSA figures on outbreaks
• EU success story on Salmonella
• New foodborne challenges:
• Food of non-animal origin
• Global sources of zoonotic agents via food
• AMR
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Tools for enhanced crisis preparedness
• FVO fact-finding series on 'emergency preparedness' to identify best practices
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Tools for enhanced crisis preparedness
• FVO fact-finding series on 'emergency preparedness' to identify best practices
• SOPs between EFSA, ECDC and the Commission on procedures for foodborne outbreaks
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Tools for enhanced crisis preparedness
• FVO fact-finding series on 'emergency preparedness' to identify best practises
• SOPs between EFSA, ECDC and the Commission on procedures for foodborne outbreaks
• Molecular database on isolates from humans (ECDC), animals, food and feed (EFSA)
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• The purpose is to collect molecular typing data and compare isolates from human cases (ECDC), food, feed and animals (EFSA)
• In close collaboration with relevant EURLs
• EFSA self-mandate on the integration of molecular methods in outbreak epidemiology
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Tools for enhanced crisis preparedness
• FVO fact-finding series on 'emergency preparedness' to identify best practices
• SOPs between EFSA, ECDC and the Commission on procedures for foodborne outbreaks
• Molecular database on isolates from humans (ECDC), animals, food and feed (EFSA)
• SOPs for the RASFF
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Tools for enhanced crisis preparedness
• FVO fact-finding series on 'emergency preparedness' to identify best practices
• SOPs between EFSA, ECDC and the Commission on procedures for foodborne outbreaks
• Molecular database on isolates from humans (ECDC), animals, food and feed (EFSA)
• SOPs for the RASFF
• EU-wide and national exercises on crisis or major foodborne events
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Exercises: on EU and national level
• To test contingency plans
• To establish SOPs between different sectors
• To be prepared for major disease evetns
• To think about scenarios "outside the box", e.g. bioterrorism, etc.
• EU-wide:
• EFSA crisis exercise in 10/2013
• Aristaeus in 05/2013
• National exercises
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Training
• BTSF training on foodborne outbreak investigations
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BTSF Food borne outbreak investigations
• Teams of public health and veterinary / food safety authorities
• Main subjects:
• Outbreak preparedness
• Outbreak management
• Crisis communication
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Training
• BTSF training on foodborne outbreak investigations
• EURL workshops and special training
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Training
• BTSF training on foodborne outbreak investigations
• EURL workshops and special training
• ECDC training incl. EPIET-programme
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Training
• BTSF training on foodborne outbreak investigations
• EURL workshops and special training
• ECDC training incl. EPIET-programme
• MSs: specific training of staff
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Communication
• Verification of information in RASFF and EWRS by CA essential and shall be based on sound scientific advice or risk assessment
• Advanced announcement to all parties involved
• Development of the iRASFF online platform to increase speed, availability and interactivity of information.
• Communicators network both on the public health side as well as on food incidents to assess and anticipate possible reactions of the press/general public
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Conclusions
• Legal tools are in place
• Vigilance of MSs and stakeholders is vital
• Good collaboration between the sectors is beneficial for all
• Constant learning process based on lessons-learned
• An appropriate communication strategy is crucial for success
• Be prepared!
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