In 2014, fewer outbreaks of food-borne infections and food poisoning occurred in relation to previous years.

In 2014, there were more patients in the Netherlands with diseases transmitted by wild rodents than in previous years.

Dr Joke van der Giessen is the first woman to be elected President of the International Commission on Trichinellosis (ICT). Her term of office is for four years (2015 to 2019).

Without global agreement on the use of HFCs, their contribution to the greenhouse effect may increase sharply to 10 percent of that of CO2 by 2050. The current contribution is less than 1 percent.