Intensive farming techniques could increase the likelihood of pathogens becoming a public health risk, according to researchers.
An international team led by the Universities of Bath and Sheffield in England, investigated the evolution of Campylobacter
Continue Reading Researchers investigate role of farming in evolution of Campylobacter
New knowledge about transmission and persistence of E. coli O157:H7 between and within farms has been revealed by a researcher at a Swedish university.
Lena-Mari Tamminen’s doctoral dissertation at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Continue Reading Study on Swedish farms widens E. coli knowledge
Scientists have looked at why humans infected with E. coli are more likely to suffer serious symptoms after studying toxins produced by the bacteria.
The team found that a toxin produced by naturally-occurring E. coli
Continue Reading Role of toxin in seriousness of E. coli infection
Researchers have looked at why dangerous forms of E. coli keep appearing in cattle.
While E. coli bacteria are a known cause of food poisoning, a wide variety of strains exist, many of them are
Continue Reading Dangerous E. coli strains adapt well to life in cattle, threatening people
Cattle in Scotland have a higher level of a certain subtype of E. coli O157 which causes more severe human infections, according to a report.
Scientists found that Scottish cattle have more E. coli O157
Continue Reading E. coli O157 study could explain higher human infection rates in Scotland
Food standards and safety after the United Kingdom exits the European Union next year have been put under the spotlight again by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and Food Research Collaboration.
The Chartered Institute
Continue Reading Post-Brexit food safety under scrutiny by CIEH and FRC
A beef cow-calf operation is on notice from the Food and Drug Administration because of the presence of three drugs in edible tissue samples collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Testing showed residue of
Continue Reading Cow had 8,000% the legal limit of drug in edible tissue
So what’s the gold standard guideline on how to humanely handle feed animals in 2017?
North American Meat Institute’s (NAMI), 2013 Guidelines.
Next question, please.
You can credit, as does NAMI, the “2013” to that
Continue Reading Catch the 2013 — NAMI’s guidelines still right on target
The two North American vaccines developed since 2010 to reduce the dangerous E. coli in cattle by as much as 98 percent are still in limited demand in the marketplace. But that has not stopped
Continue Reading Researchers in Scotland develop E. coli vaccine for cattle
The report is not exactly comforting on that Black Angus beef cow discovered with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) north of Edmonton, Alberta, last February. BSE is a progressive and fatal neurological disease in cattle. The
Continue Reading Canada Blames Old Feed for Alberta’s Most Recent ‘Mad Cow’ Discovery
Once a major threat to the beef industry, the levels of E. coli O157:H7 in ground beef have been on a historic decline since peaking in the mid-1990s. In fact, according to the U.S. Department
Continue Reading Group Seeks to Reverse Slight Upward Trend in E. Coli in Ground Beef
