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Researchers look at how human cells combat Salmonella

By News Desk on April 3, 2019

A cellular recycling process can help combat Salmonella, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.

This process, called autophagy, could also prevent other bacteria such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Shigella, and Staphylococcus from developing. The…
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Man fined $20,000 for taking dangerous pathogens on commercial flight

By Dan Flynn on February 25, 2019

Gang Li of Guelph, Ontario, was convicted on Feb. 20 in the Ontario Court of Justice of violating Canada’s Health of Animals Act and the associated Health of Animals Regulations. He was ordered to pay…
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Dishing Up Disease: Food Server Follies

By Sydney Ross Singer on November 23, 2015

(This article was originally posted here and is reposted with permission.) Few jobs are busier than being a food server during peak eating hours. And for many waiters and waitresses, the job includes more than…
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USDA: U.S. Foodborne Illnesses Cost More Than $15.6 Billion Annually

By Dan Flynn on October 9, 2014

New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Economic Research Service attempt to put a price on the cost of major foodborne illnesses in the United States. Rather than interpreting the data, USDA’s economic…
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Denver Cracks Down on Food Safety Violations Among Edible Marijuana Manufacturers

By News Desk on May 13, 2014

If the overdosing and concentrations in Colorado’s edible marijuana foods don’t get you, maybe the pathogens will. In a sweep of the new marijuana food manufacturers, the Denver Department of Environmental Health has found 58…
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NSF Lists 5 "Germiest" Items in the Kitchen

By Gretchen Goetz on April 15, 2013

When people think of where germs lurk in the kitchen, the blender and can opener are not likely to be the first two places that come to mind. But these two cooking tools, along with…
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How Do Pathogens Get Into Produce?

By Cookson Beecher on January 23, 2013

Leafy greens, lettuce, cantaloupes, mangoes and strawberries. These are just some of the foods that have sickened or even killed people when they were contaminated with foodborne pathogens such as E. coli, Listeria and…
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USDA, EPA Launch Tool to Better Assess Pathogen Risk

By News Desk on July 31, 2012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that they have jointly developed a new tool to help “improve the quality of data collected…
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Letter From The Editor: Movie Murders & Cantaloupe Deaths

By Dan Flynn on July 22, 2012

By now there’s hardly a person on the planet that does not know the name of the Century 16 movie theaters in the hardscrabble city of Aurora, Colorado. It was there in the first minutes…
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USDA Makes Progress on Alternatives To Antibiotics

By News Desk on June 29, 2012

USDA scientists at College Station, TX have discovered that providing sodium chlorate in the drinking water or feed of livestock will reduce the intestinal concentrations of bacteria harmful to humans.

The research is significant because

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Letter From The Editor: Blood

By Dan Flynn on May 27, 2012

Big Fresh has the blood on its hands.

The big fruit and vegetable lobby managed to kill a little food safety program that cost this $3 trillion government a grand total of $5 million annually.

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