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MDP Shuts Down; USDA Testing of Produce for Pathogens Halted

By Helena Bottemiller on January 3, 2013

The Microbiological Data Program, which used to conduct 80 percent of all federal produce testing for pathogens like Salmonella and Listeria, officially shut down on December 31, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official confirmed.

The…
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Top Ten Most Important Food Safety Stories of 2012

By News Desk on December 27, 2012

Editor’s Note: We continue today with our look back at what happened in 2012 with the Top Ten Most Important Stories of 2012 as selected by the writers and editors of Food Safety News.…
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Letter From The Editor: “The Blob” in 2012

By Dan Flynn on November 18, 2012

The 1958 science fiction movie “The Blob” remains a classic because it introduced the great Steve McQueen in a leading role. Probably because the horror flick about a giant amoeba-like space alien landing in Pennsylvania…
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Cutting 80 Percent of Pathogen Testing for Produce, USDA Begins Shutdown of MDP

By Helena Bottemiller on November 13, 2012

After months of uncertainty over the future of the program, the Agricultural Marketing Service’s Microbiological Data Program, which tests produce for disease-causing pathogens like E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Listeria, has officially gone into shutdown…
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Spinach Recalled for Salmonella Risk

By News Desk on November 8, 2012

Charlotte, North Carolina-based Fresh Express is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of spinach because it may be contaminated with Salmonella. The problem was discovered after Salmonella was detected in a random sample of the spinach…
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Is Pasteurization the Answer to Killer Cantaloupes?

By Dan Flynn on November 1, 2012

Killer cantaloupes could kill the cantaloupe business, and thus something must be done to ensure the safety of these fruits. After Colorado cantaloupes were found to be at the center of the nation’s most deadly…
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Fresh Express Recalls Expired Romaine After Positive Test

By Dan Flynn on September 22, 2012

Fresh Express has recalled an expired produce product because a test on one package came back positive for Listeria monocytogenes.

The recalled 9 0z. Leafy Green Romaine Salad carry the expired use-by date of September…
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California Cantaloupes Recalled Over Salmonella Test

By News Desk on September 13, 2012

As many as one-half million California-grown cantaloupes were recalled Thursday “out of an abundance of caution” by Fresno-based DFI Marketing Inc. Most have already been consumed without any illnesses being associated with them. But a…
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Cilantro Latest in Series of MDP-Prompted Recalls

By Gretchen Goetz on August 13, 2012

Testing conducted by the government’s Microbiological Data Program (MDP) has prompted a recall of cilantro for potential Salmonella contamination, marking the second time this week and the third time this month that the produce testing…
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Publisher’s Platform: Ode to the Microbiological Data Program

By Bill Marler on August 12, 2012

I was going to take a weekend off from Publisher’s Platform. It has been a long couple of weeks of long days, and more than a few late nights, working on putting the cases together…
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