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New Zealand targets 20 percent decline in foodborne Campylobacter by 2025

By News Desk on March 11, 2020

New Zealand has set a goal to reduce foodborne Campylobacter infections by 20 percent by 2025.

The goal to cut foodborne campylobacteriosis was informed by a study commissioned by New Zealand Food Safety that found…
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Queensland egg sector strengthens Salmonella plan

By Joe Whitworth on December 17, 2019

The Queensland egg industry has strengthened its biosecurity, hygiene and product quality processes to minimize the risk of Salmonella Enteritidis.

Safe Food Production Queensland (Safe Food) and the Queensland, Australia, egg industry developed a new…
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Scientists say freezing steak tartare can decrease Toxoplasma infections

By Joe Whitworth on May 18, 2019

Dutch researchers have advised freezing filet americain to reduce infection risk from the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma.

If filet americain, known in the United States as steak tartare, is frozen for a minimum of 48 hours…
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Retail-host restaurant trend is not without food safety concerns

By Dan Flynn on April 11, 2016

Forget the food trucks or military posts or even college and university campuses. If you want to know which is among the fastest growing segments for restaurant food, it is a category the National Restaurant…
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Biosecurity Plans: Defending the Food Supply

By The National Provisioner on March 17, 2014

If a disease outbreak occurs in today’s interconnected global economy, the stakes are higher than usual: Expect lost domestic and international sales, a damaged reputation, and even a hit to the U.S. economy from lost…
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Most Hazardous Animal Disease Lab Can’t Be Built on Plum Island

By Dan Flynn on July 18, 2012

America’s riskiest animal disease research can be housed in less space than the $1.14 billion facility planned for construction in Manhattan, KS, says a blue chip panel of scientists from the National Research Council. And,…
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Top Level Biosecurity Lab to Move to Kansas If Approved

By Dan Flynn on June 19, 2012

Nobody ever said moving “Plum Island” to Kansas was going to be easy or cheap. But until that move can occur, Homeland Security won’t have its state-of-the-art facility for combating biological threats to the United…
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Letter From The Editor: Plum Island

By Dan Flynn on May 15, 2011

I will admit I do have a fascination with Plum Island.

When I learned last week that there was a criminal investigation open over locating a “new Plum Island” in Manhattan, Kansas, I had to

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Canada to Set Biosecurity Standard for Dairy Farms

By News Desk on February 1, 2011

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is working with the Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) to develop a voluntary national farm-level biosecurity standard for the dairy industry.

Biosecurity refers to steps that minimize the risk

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