Not exactly a household word, Campylobacter is nonetheless one of the top five infectious organisms causing foodborne illness and ranks among the top four foodborne pathogens when it comes to
The poultry industry, major retailers, and the Food Standards Agency in the United Kingdom are mounting an attack on Campylobacter in chickens, making it their top food safety priority.
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Minnesota Department of Agriculture investigators have seized more dairy products produced by farmer Mike Hartmann, according to a Minneapolis Star Tribune report.
On Tuesday, state agriculture investigators served Hartmann’s
Despite a last-minute procedural move by House Republicans to block it, a vote is expected today on the $4.5 billion legislation (over the next 10 years) that would expand
In an official statement from the Onondaga County Health Department early this week, Health Commissioner Cynthia Morrow said she expected the number of ill people associated with a Campylobacter outbreak
About 65 percent of raw chicken in the United Kingdom is contaminated with Campylobacter, a bacteria that sickens about 300,000 people each year, and the UK’s Food Standards
With 65 percent of the raw shop-bought chicken in the United Kingdom contaminated with Campylobacter, a potentially deadly pathogen, the UK’s Food Standards Agency has mapped out a plan
The United Kingdom’s independent Food Standards Agency failed to reduce the incidence of Campylobacter in chickens by 50 percent, did not get the consumers to cut their salt in
An E. coli O157:H7 and campylobacter outbreak linked to raw goat milk from a Colorado dairy is now tied to 24 illnesses, including two children who required hospitalization, according
In cities and towns across America, there is one common topic being debated.
That subject is backyard chickens.
Oklahoma City is considering allowing people to raise chickens in residential areas,
In the June issue of the Journal of Food Protection, a study conducted in Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) sites identified an association between riding in a shopping cart
While the country’s poultry producers wonder aloud whether they’re even necessary, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued new compliance guidelines to reduce the levels of