Bacterial populations remain stable despite cleaning efforts in ready-to-eat food facilities, according to researchers.

Scientists from the Quadram Institute and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are working on how Listeria persists in ready-to-eat (RTE) food production environments.

Researchers hope that understanding how Listeria survives in these environments could inform better

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Alef Sausage Inc., of Mundelein, IL, is recalling 61,574 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) halal meat and poultry sausage products because of misbranding and possible temperature abuse, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.

The problem was discovered when the New York State Department of Agriculture

Continue Reading Labeling oversight leads to recall of 30 tons of halal meat and poultry sausages