(This was posted April 10, 2014, at barfblog.com and is reposted here by permission.) A former colleague at Kansas State University asked me yesterday if I would deliver my annual talk with summer public health
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E. Coli Protein Study Could Help Advance Detection, Treatment
E. coli has earned its reputation as a deadly pathogen lurking in contaminated foods, but a multi-year study may give it some positive press as a source of medical knowledge and potential therapeutics. Researchers at
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Letter From The Editor: Saluting barfblog and eFoodAlert
Back in the day when I was at South Dakota State University, we had a name for our sister land grant universities to the south in Lincoln, Nebraska and Manhattan, Kansas. We called them graduate
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Prof Douglas Powell Says K State Doesn't Want Him Back
Because of his Barfblog and associated Bites (Safe food from farm to fork) website, Professor Doug Powell is probably one of the best-known faculty members on the Kansas State University campus. Except Professor Powell has
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K-State to Host School Lunch Food Safety Center
USDA Announces Kansas State University will Host New Center of Excellence for Food Safety Research in Child Nutrition Programs
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Thursday announced that the soon-to-be Center of Excellence for Food Safety Research
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Study Shows Food Safety Isn't Simple
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 76 million cases of foodborne illness occur each year in the United States. Many studies have found that a majority of these cases can be