Illegal import of bushmeat and other meat products into Switzerland on commercial passenger flights

Human migration and pig/pork import in the European Union: What are the implications for Taenia solium infections?

“…The main countries of origin were China (endemic for T. solium, WHO 2010), Egypt, Russia (suspected endemic for T. solium, WHO 2010), Turkey, Ukraine, Romania, Thailand and Serbia, while Spain, the UK, France and Germany were the main recipient countries (European Commission Report, 2007). The illegal meat import into Switzerland via the international airports was estimated at 1013 ton annually (95% CI 226-4192) (Falk et al, 2013), while in Germany 663 food items of animal origin, of which some was pork, were seized from 296 passengers arriving at Frankfurt International Airport and Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (passengers subjected to airport control upon arrival between 2012 and 2013) (Beutlich et al, 2014).…”

Screening for Viral Pathogens in African Simian Bushmeat Seized at A French Airport

“…All industrialized countries are affected by the illegal traffic of bushmeat, as reported by Falk et al. in Switzerland (Falk et al., ) and by Bair‐Brake et al. () in the United States.…”

Application of a quantitative entry assessment model to compare the relative risk of incursion of zoonotic bat-borne viruses into European Union Member States

“…The actual number of bushmeat consignments entering the EU from country k was estimated based on the number of bushmeat consignments seized in the EU MS, Nseized(i,j,k), and an under-reporting factor accounting for the proportion of passengers luggage that were searched. The under-reporting factor was estimated to be 0.5% based on literature (Falk et al, 2013) and assuming targeted testing of passengers occurs (Simons et al, 2016).The model did not account for Microbial Risk Analysis 7 (2017) 8-28 any virus reduction that may occur from processing bushmeat such as smoking or salting and assumed that the possibility of luggage being searched for bushmeat was the same for each exporting country. Live animals: This route considered the number of animals of species s arriving from an exporting country k in one year and the prevalence of live animal infection of species s in the exporting country to give the probability that at least one infected animal entered a MS.…”

“…Animal species in which evidence of natural/experimental EBOV infection has been demonstrated and considered as potentially capable of introducing EBOV into the EU include: pig, domestic dog, Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed Squirrel, Duiker, Non-human primates, small rodents and the shrew (Morvan et al, 1999 (Falk et al, 2013, Chaber et al, 2010. A study on the species of bushmeat items confiscated at US ports of entry between 2005 and 2010, suggested that bats accounted for around 1.5% of all bushmeat (Bair-Brake et al, 2013).…”

“…Illegal trade import: bushmeat Species of bushmeat, p BMSp (s). Previous published studies on bushmeat in Europe have not identified bats among seizures of bushmeat sampled (Chaber et al, 2010;Falk et al, 2013). A study reported on the species of bushmeat items confiscated at US ports of entry between 2005 and 2010, suggested that bats accounted for around 1.5% of all bushmeat (Bair-Brake et al, 2013).…”