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Lab cross contamination at fault for Salmonella false positive

By Joe Whitworth on April 4, 2019

Cross-contamination in a laboratory was at fault for the finding of a finished product positive for Salmonella, according to a study.

In 2013, during a routine analysis of food samples, one finished chocolate product from…
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Lab Testing: Hunting for Pathogens on Poultry

By Beth Krietsch on October 28, 2013

The mishandling or undercooking of raw chicken meat associated with the recent Foster Farms Salmonella outbreak has sickened nearly 340 people across 20 states and Puerto Rico since March and has caused concern among consumers,…
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Food Testing: Accreditation a Growing Trend Among Food Labs

By James Andrews on October 14, 2013

Back in the 1980s, the pharmaceutical industry grappled with the prospect of requiring testing laboratories to receive accreditation, a certification of credibility according to a qualifying body. Some labs were following international standards, while others…
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Food Labs Integral to Changing World of Food Safety

By Dan Flynn on October 7, 2013

The work of its laboratories has long been ubiquitous in the world of food safety. Public or private, their work is usually in the background, unseen but almost always unchallenged. Those days, however, may be…
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