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Scientists test handheld DNA sequencers for microbial monitoring

By News Desk on March 14, 2021

Researchers have evaluated a handheld DNA sequencing device for use in environmental monitoring at food factories.

The study, by researchers from the Teagasc food research program and APC Microbiome Ireland’s Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre,…
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Industry Consortium Begins Enormous DNA Sequencing Project for Food Safety

By Lydia Zuraw on February 2, 2015

Mars Inc. and IBM Research have teamed up for an ambitious food safety whole-genome sequencing project. The Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain will study the the microbial ecology of foods and their processing…
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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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FDA Releases Second Edition of the ‘Bad Bug Book’

By News Desk on April 9, 2012

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition just published the second edition of the Bad Bug Book, which now includes a separate “consumer box” for each chapter to provide…

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E. Coli Primer: ‘Good, Bad & Deadly’

By James Andrews on February 28, 2012

In an effort to communicate a more complete understanding of E. coli bacteria, the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) released a colloquium report titled “E. coli: Good, Bad & Deadly” on Tuesday. Focusing…

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Combating E. Coli: Can a Peptide Block the Bug?

By James Andrews on July 18, 2011

In the wake of May’s European E. coli outbreak, microbiologists worldwide have sped up efforts to prevent a similar disaster from happening again. Among them, a team of collaborators from universities in the U.S. and…
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CDC Links Salmonella Outbreak to Lab Work

By News Desk on April 29, 2011

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that it is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections. A preliminary analysis indicates the outbreak may be the result of exposure in clinical and…

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USDA Requests Nominations for Microbiological Committee

By Laurel Curran on July 30, 2010

On Wednesday the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that the agency is now accepting nominations for new members for the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods.

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Food Safety or Bust

By John Ricardi on March 24, 2010

Is our food really safe?  The plethora of contamination events over the past few years certainly begs the question.  The first major contamination event occurred in 1998 when Sara Lee recalled 35 million pounds of…

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