Non-pathogenic Listeria, Bacillus cereus, and Staphylococcus aureus have been detected in plant-based products tested in Switzerland.

The study, published in the Journal of Food Protection, assessed the microbiological quality and occurrence of some foodborne pathogens in plant-based meat alternatives from Swiss retailers.

Plant-based meat alternative products have a high

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Researchers from the Netherlands are part of a team studying pathogens in plant-based products.

Scientists will genetically characterize pathogenic bacteria in plant-based products and map their growth and behavior.

The research aims to assist producers in controlling harmful microorganisms in these products. 

The study, GRASP (Genomic-driven Risk Assessment of Plant-based

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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) plans to publish reports on cell-based food, precision fermentation, and whole genome sequencing (WGS) in 2024.

FAO and the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) held a meeting on cell-based food production and precision fermentation in Shanghai in November 2023. A report on

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A plant-based cheese brand has been linked to five serious Listeria infections in France.

The five cases of listeriosis include four pregnant women who gave birth prematurely. They were infected with the same type of Listeria and reported symptoms between April and December 2022. No related deaths have been reported.

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The “Truth in Labeling of Food Products Act” passed by the Louisiana Legislature in 2019 violates the commercial free speech rights of Turtle Island Foods, which produces and packages plant-based meat products marketed and sold in the state and nationwide.

Turtle Island Foods was founded in 1980 and is headquartered
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PHOENIX — If there was one thing to take away from Tuesday’s session on the food safety concerns of plant-based ‘meat,” it’s that it’s not meat and can’t be approached in exactly the same way.

The session “Novel Foods, Novel Challenges: Food Safety Concerns in Plant-based, Cell-Cultured, and ‘Clean Label’
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