Weekly releases (1997–2007) - Volume 7, Issue 7, 13 February 2003

A healthy 38 year old male was taken ill with botulism after ingestion of approximately four cloves of garlic from a ready to eat garlic in chilli oil dressing. The product was manufactured in Germany for a major Danish supermarket chain, and was sold in Denmark only.

The report on The Prevention and Control of Infections with Hepatitis Viruses in Correctional Settings (1) consolidates recommendations for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis in prisons. It was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States (US) after consultation with federal agencies and specialists in the fields of corrections, correctional health care and public health at a meeting in Atlanta in March 2001.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new document (http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/bse/BSEthreat.pdf) to assist governments, consumers associations, and other concerned organisations to protect people from the dangers of consuming beef infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (1,2).