A study of food handlers in Egypt has highlighted poor knowledge and non-compliance with food safety practices.
The food safety system of Egypt is undergoing transition with the recent creation of the National Food Safety
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Publisher’s Platform: FSIS knows your chicken is tainted, says it’s OK to sell, but tells you not to wash it
By warning you not to wash chicken (or other poultry), FSIS correctly recognizes the risk of cross-contamination in your kitchen and the risk that it poses to you and your family – especially children and
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Paradise parasites — Challenges to controlling rat lungworm disease
Opinion
“Tropical parasites in our food? No way!” most Americans think.
It’s time to think again.
In May Hawaii’s Department of Health announced three more cases of rat lungworm in recent visitors. Already endemic in
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Fraunhofer works on disinfection using UV light
Scientists at a German institute are investigating use of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV LEDs) to destroy bacterial DNA.
Fraunhofer researchers looked at replacing conventional lamps containing mercury with ultraviolet light-emitting diodes. The technology is suitable
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IAFP honors contributions past, present, future at annual event
Almost 4,000 people from around the world gathered recently for the annual conference and meeting of the International Association for Food Protection in Louisville, KY.
Attendees represented 51 countries, all 50 U.S. states, and seven
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Researchers confirm flies can transfer E. coli from feedlots to produce fields
Along with feedlot dust blowing in the wind and surface irrigation water flowing adjacent to feedlots, flies captured in leafy greens plots near feedlots are capable of transferring E. coli from animal operations to produce
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Spot check of almost 300 leafy greens samples shows serious contamination
Major retailers including Whole Foods Market and Costco were among those where Consumer Reports found leafy greens contaminated with the potentially deadly bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.
The pre-eminent consumer watchdog group gathered 284 samples of fresh
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Researchers use electrical signalling to detect bacteria
Researchers at the University of Warwick have found bacteria can be detected in minutes by zapping them with electricity.
Scientists at the university in the United Kingdom discovered healthy bacteria cells and those inhibited by
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Researchers find animals in salad discoveries not as rare as believed
Most reports of animals being found in fresh produce involved frogs, according to a University of Illinois study.
More than 50 percent of 40 incidents involved frogs, but lizards, snakes, mice, birds, and a bat,
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IAFP 2019 opens with a bit of humor and a dose reality about the fun of learning
LOUISVILLE, KY — The Grand Ballroom of the Kentucky International Convention Center turned into a playground Sunday night as Barbara Chamberlin burst onto the stage to deliver this year’s Ivan Parkin Lecture.
Few nerds could
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Acinetobacter detected in meat samples
Researchers have found bacteria often associated with hospital infections in meat samples from markets in Peru.
The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) led the study, published in the International Journal of Food Microbiology,
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