A graduate student at Southern Methodist University (SMU), has developed a miniature pH sensor that can detect when food has spoiled in real-time. 

The 2-millimeter long and 10-millimeter wide flexible pH sensor is designed to be incorporated into food packaging, such as plastic wrapping. Traditional pH meters are too bulky

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A new report from the CDC underscores the need for improved policies and enforcement to prevent food contamination by ill or infectious food workers. The implementation of paid leave for sick workers is a primary concern.

The research suggests that implementing comprehensive ill-worker policies, such as requiring employees to report

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New research funded by the Center for Produce Safety (CPS) has found that Listeria monocytogenes contamination in produce processing facilities is most likely to occur in non-contact areas such as drains, floors, and ceilings, rather than in direct contact areas like knives and conveyor belts. 

Ana Allende, Ph.D., and her

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Researchers at Cornell University are developing a new tool to eliminate deadly pathogens in commercial dry food processing plants — superheated, dry steam.

Because it is impossible to sanitize equipment in certain dry manufacturing plants with water, lead researcher Abigail Snyder, Ph.D., assistant professor of food science, is testing the

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A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used an internet panel survey and found that more than one-half of respondents reported using an appliance other than an oven to cook frozen stuffed chicken products.

The study, titled “Appliances Used by Consumers to Prepare Frozen Stuffed Chicken

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A new way of detecting deadly Listeria contamination in food and a vaccine for troublesome Norovirus are being reported by major research universities.

University of Georgia College of Engineering researchers report they have a new method for Listeria detection, and the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech announced

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