The University of Maryland is offering a new strategy for improving the safety of imported foods: train the foreign experts who test these goods in the U.S.’s standards and protocol.
This week the school launched
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NOAA, FDA Add Test for Dispersant in Gulf Seafood
By Mary Rothschild on
A second test to detect in seafood traces of the dispersants used to clean up the Deepwater Horizon-BP oil spill has been added by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Food and…
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New Test for Rapid Detection of E coli
By Alexa Nameth on
Life Technologies, a provider of innovative life science solutions, announced at the International Association of Food Protection annual meeting the launch of the MicroSEQ(R) E. coli O157:H7 assay, designed to detect the deadly strain of…
Louisiana Calls on FDA to Expedite Seafood Testing
By Helena Bottemiller on
Just days after BP stopped the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expedite the reopening of Louisiana’s waters to…
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Gulf Seafood’s Future Remains Unknown
By Dan Flynn on
Maybe now if the Gulf seafood industry could just see over the horizon, it would be comforted just by knowing what’s really ahead. Instead, in the 79 days since the Deepwater Horizon blew up, safe…
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New Test Developed for Detecting E. coli
By Michelle Greenhalgh on
Last week, scientists at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society reported on the development of the first two-in-one test for detecting E. coli bacteria and the toxins or poisons that the bacteria use to cause…