date:Jun 07, 2012
facturethat toxoplasma in the UK meat chain particularly from outdoor reared pork was likely to be much higher than generally recognised.
Toxoplasma contamination
Boireau claimed that 80% of toxoplasma contamination occurred from meat and that the threat from livestock was growing with the trend towards outdoor reared animals.
The ACMSF report suggested that toxoplasma infection was most common in sheep, pigs and wild game. It said: There is a very small amount of data on meat contamination