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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 outbreaks in poultry and in humans : Food safety implicationsPage 1International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) 4 November 2005 INFOSAN Information Note No. 7/2005 (Rev 1. 5 Dec) Avian Influenza (Update of INFOSAN Information Note No. 2/04 Avian Influenza 17 Dec. 2004)Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks in poultry and in humans: Food safety implications SUMMARY NOTES • Conventional cooking (temperatures at or above 70C in all parts of a food item) will inactivate the H5N1 virus. Properly cooked poultry meat is therefore safe to consume. • The H5N1 virus if present in poultry meat is not killed by refrigeration or freezing. • Home slaughtering and preparation of sick or dead poultry for food is hazardous: this practice must be stopped. • Eggs can contain H5N1 virus both on the outside (shell) and the inside (whites and yolk). Eggs from areas with H5N1 outbreaks in poultry should not be consumed raw or partially cooked (runny yolk); uncooked eggs should not be used in foods that will not be cooked baked or heattreated in other ways. • There is no epidemiological evidence to indicate that people have been infected with the H5N1 virus following consumption of properly cooked poultry or eggs. • The greatest risk of exposure to the virus is through the handling and slaughter of live infected poultry. Good hygiene practices are essential during slaughter and post slaughter handling to prevent exposure via raw poultry meat or cross contamination from poultry to other foods food preparation surfaces or equipment Ongoing outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in poultry in Asia and more recently in Europe have raised concerns about the source of infection and the risk to humans from various exposures. On present evidence the vast majority of human cases have acquired their infection following direct contact with infected live or dead poultry. Exposure migh ...

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