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Thanksgiving 2021 — Preparing your turkey under stress

By News Desk on November 23, 2021

Many Americans are once again planning for holidays that look more like they did before the pandemic, but the continuing COVID-19 pandemic coupled with rising costs can make for a stressful holiday season. Don’t let …
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WHO EU touches on food safety at event on out-of-home sector

By News Desk on October 8, 2021

Experts in the WHO’s European Region have considered food safety during a meeting on the out-of-home (OOH) food sector.

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional office for Europe organized an event in June with several…
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Scottish agency stresses handwashing value after survey results

By News Desk on September 3, 2020

A survey in Scotland has revealed less than a third of people always use soap or hand wash and water when they are at home.

Around one fifth of respondents also said they spend less…
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New technology creates hard metal surfaces that kill bacteria

By News Desk on August 2, 2020

A treatment to infuse hardened metal surfaces with naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides has been developed by researchers at Purdue University.

In other words, the Purdue research team’s technology can create hard metal surfaces that kill…
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Cross contamination, temperature abuse factors in sandwich outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on July 16, 2020

Cross contamination and temperature abuse are factors that played a role in an outbreak of Salmonella in Hong Kong earlier this year.

In May, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health…
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Video records showed issues at diner linked to Salmonella outbreak

By News Desk on June 29, 2020

Surveillance camera recordings helped identify lapses during food preparation and poor sanitation as part of a Salmonella outbreak in Taiwan in 2018, according to researchers.

In late April 2018, a salmonellosis outbreak among customers of…
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U.S. FDA ‘aware’ of China testing food for coronavirus

By Joe Whitworth on June 18, 2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said it is aware of reports that China will begin testing foods for Coronavirus.

Frank Yiannas, Deputy Commissioner of Food Policy and Response at the FDA, wrote on…
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Irish agencies repeat don’t wash raw chicken message

By News Desk on June 6, 2020

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has used the backdrop of World Food Safety Day to remind people never to wash raw chicken.

FSAI and  Safe Food, a group that promotes awareness and knowledge…
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Cheese sauce linked to Clostridium perfringens outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on March 21, 2020

Researchers have detailed the first reported Clostridium perfringens outbreak in England associated with leeks in leftover and reheated cheese sauce.

In December 2018, public health authorities were alerted to 34 reports of diarrhea with abdominal…
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Researchers turn to air sampling to detect Campylobacter in chicken flocks

By News Desk on March 10, 2020

A project led by the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, has developed a test method to improve the likelihood of identifying Campylobacter-positive chicken flocks.

Being able to identify Campylobacter-positive flocks before they arrive…
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