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It’s time for the food industry and regulators to be bold and try something new

By Guest Contributor on October 4, 2021
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By Robert E. Brackett

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), together with the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA); FMI – The Food Industry Association (FMI); Produce Marketing Association (PMA); and National Fisheries Institute (NFI)…
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Cornell food scientists create national atlas for deadly listeria

By News Desk on August 11, 2021

In a new study, Cornell food scientists have created a national atlas for Listeria monocytogenes. They hope the new genomic and geological mapping tool will make it easier to track down Listeria in food …
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Center for Produce Safety webinar focuses on pathogen detection

By Jonan Pilet on July 12, 2021

In a  recent presentation, Martin Wiedmann of Cornell University discussed the positives and negatives of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data sharing, saying that easy access to such data can sometimes lead companies and individuals to …
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Cornell researchers discover five novel species to Listeria genus

By News Desk on May 26, 2021

Cornell researchers have found five previously unknown and novel kinds of Listeria, according to a new study in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. The food scientists made the discovery while examining …
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Beach Beat: Carnac the Magnificent tells all about Salmonella

By Coral Beach on February 26, 2017

And now, Carnac the Magnificent will use his mystical powers to answer the riddle before hearing it: “An Aztec warrior, a couple of eggheads from Cornell and a middle schooler from Utah.”

The question in…
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Listeria outbreak set apple industry on a targeted course

By Cookson Beecher on July 13, 2016

apple-target-406SEATTLE — Sometimes when something that “just can’t happen” does happen, valuable lessons are learned. That was the case when some batches of commercially produced, packaged, whole caramel apples turned out to be the cause…
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CDC sending states new outbreak tool; launching PulseNet 2.0

By Dan Flynn on May 13, 2016

CHICAGO — The federal government is rolling out a powerful new, and increasingly affordable food safety weapon to about 30 states next year and to all 50 within two years. Robert Tauxe, director of the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was among the speakers at the 18th annual Food Safety Summit. Robert…
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IAFP 2015: Debating Three Food Safety Perspectives

By Cathy Siegner on July 27, 2015

Routine epidemiological work still has an important role to play in this modern age of whole-genome sequencing, sustainability practices in the food industry aren’t hampering safety procedures, and the jury is still out on whether…

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Whole-Genome Technology Solving More Outbreak Investigations

By James Andrews on December 16, 2014

A common disclaimer supplied by public health officials while in the midst of a foodborne illness outbreak investigation goes something like this: “We’re doing our best to find the food source of the outbreak, but…
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IAFP Interview: Wiedmann on Big Data in Food Safety

By James Andrews on August 18, 2014

Dr. Martin Wiedmann, professor of food science at Cornell University, spoke with Food Safety News at the 2014 Conference of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) held Aug. 3-6 in Indianapolis, IN.

The discussion…
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