Food safety practices evolve as new technology and knowledge of the pathogens that spread foodborne illnesses becomes available.
In recent years, researchers have increasingly focused efforts on biofilm and its ability to thrive in nature and in food production and processing facilities. Biofilm is formed by a pathogen
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Biofilm, which is a cluster of pathogens encased in a protective matrix, is a common enemy across diverse food manufacturing industries.
From dairy, produce, meat, poultry, ready-to-eat deli foods and other products, biofilm is a concern at the farm level and at processing and manufacturing plants.
The protective
Continue Reading Biofilms are a concern across the entire food supply chain
In the first installment of this series with Sterilex, Food Safety News explores what biofilms are and their unique resistance to attempts to kill the pathogens they protect.
Food processors and manufacturers know the environments in which they operate are friendly to organisms that can taint their products,
Continue Reading Biofilms bring safety challenges to food companies
Scientists have found the virulence of Listeria differs depending on the food type, discovering that dairy products are contaminated with the most virulent bacteria.
Researchers from the Pasteur Institute, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), and the University of Paris said the discovery paves the way
Continue Reading Study finds Listeria virulence depends on food type
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Plastic films made with bacteria-killing polymers have been proven effective as a frontline defense — not to mention offense — in the battle against biofilms in food production operations.
A preferred place of residence for pathogens such as Listeria and E. coli, biofilms 
form easily and are extremely difficult to
Continue Reading Fighting slime: Researchers develop bacteria-killing plastic film
It doesn’t matter how big or influential a company is, bacteria and biofilms don’t discriminate between multinationals like Dole with its tens of thousands of employees and operations like Hudson Valley Farms, where 10 or fewer people work.
Both of those companies have had close encounters with Listeria, which ongoing
Continue Reading Biofilms with Listeria pose persistent threat in food production
