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All you need to know about food safety

Updated on 08/04/2022

What are the potential sources of food contamination? What is a foodborne illness? How can I avoid food poisoning? What is salmonellosis and what does it cause? What does the Agency do to ensure that food is safe?On the occasion of World Food Safety Day, we have prepared a special close-up to help you learn more about the challenges of food safety and our work to make food safer for consumers.

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COVID-19 research

Updated on 10/05/2022

Working at the interface between human and animal health, in the spirit of "One Health", ANSES's laboratories help provide effective, rapid responses to issues of applied research that can be implemented immediately. As an example, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, ANSES has been deploying its research teams, its expert knowledge of zoonoses and animal coronaviruses, and its network of laboratories to improve our understanding of SARS-CoV-2 and respond to questions that have arisen from this crisis. Here is an overview of the various projects undertaken by the Agency.

Resapath

Updated on 19/11/2021

Since 1982, this unique scheme has been monitoring changes in antimicrobial resistance in all animal species in France. Run by two ANSES laboratories (Lyon and Ploufragan-Plouzané), it coordinates the work of more than 70 departmental laboratories in determining resistance to antimicrobials.

Wildlife, a reservoir of pathogens

Updated on 04/05/2022

Some pathogens are specific to the wild animals that carry them. However, they can be transmitted to humans or domestic animals through contact. ANSES's work, which focuses on both wild and domestic animals, helps improve understanding of how these pathogens jump from one species to another and attempts to combat these transmissions.

Food safety, from farm to fork

Updated on 28/04/2022

Milk, meat, vegetables... any of the food we eat can be a source of contamination. Through the transmission of bacteria, parasites, viruses of animal or plant origin, or chemical contaminants, our food can potentially cause illness or poisoning in humans. Food safety forms part of a global "one health" approach, at the interface of animal, plant and human health. To protect consumers from the risks of food contamination and prevent potential outbreaks, it is essential to take action at all stages of the food chain, "from farm to fork". This is ANSES's role.

Ten key points on the interactions between animal and human health

Updated on 12/05/2022

Animal and human health are closely linked. Every year, three to five new human diseases originate in the animal world. A better understanding of the pathogens circulating in animals helps us prepare for future epidemics in humans. The issue is summarised here in a few key concepts to aid understanding.

Eight questions on animal welfare

Updated on 03/05/2022

The concept of animal welfare is at the crossroads of numerous philosophical, moral, scientific, technological, economic, regulatory and social influences that are sometimes conflicting. The welfare of animals dependent on humans – livestock, pets, animals used for scientific purposes and zoo animals – is playing an increasingly important role in our society. What is animal welfare? Is it enough just to treat an animal well? How is animal welfare objectively measured? Is it possible to redefine animal husbandry in order to improve it? And what is ANSES doing about it? You will find the answers to all these questions in our article.

Humans and animals: One Health

Updated on 12/05/2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the close connection between animal and human health. For World Health Day, we decipher the science and shed light on our work to help you better understand these interactions within the frame of the One Health concept which includes animals, humans and the environment.

Avian influenza in six questions

Updated on 12/04/2022

Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral infection occurring in wild and domestic birds. Wild bird migration periods and movements have an impact on the level of risk of influenza virus transmission from wildlife to poultry farms. Liable to cause extremely high animal mortality and therefore major economic losses, some avian influenza viruses can be transmitted to humans under certain conditions. Here we present the profile of a highly contagious disease and describe the work of ANSES, a key player in preventing the spread of high-pathogenicity avian influenza viruses.

Antimicrobial resistance: a major issue for animals and humans

Updated on 03/05/2022

Antimicrobial resistance is a major issue for both human and animal health. The emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains call into question the efficacy of these treatments. Preserving the efficacy of antibiotics is therefore a genuine public health challenge, requiring an integrated approach according to the One Health concept covering both humans and animals. 

Monitoring and learning about infectious diseases of horses in order to improve welfare and performance

Updated on 11/04/2022

Horse health raises specific issues, since these animals are mainly kept for recreation, sport and competition. Monitoring and detection of numerous equine infectious diseases is a mandatory step before they can be allowed to compete and breed.ANSES is the reference laboratory for equine diseases at both national and European level. It is also an international reference laboratory for two diseases affecting horses: dourine and glanders.

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