Researchers from multiple institutions are hosting a free webinar about the impact of COVID-19 on food and agricultural systems. The session is aimed at anyone who is engaged in the food supply chain at any
Continue Reading Researchers host webinar on COVID-19 disruptions to food supply chains
The Center for Produce Safety awarded more than $300,000 to a research project that is examining the risk of contamination in distribution center environments by surveying managers and collecting testing samples at their facilities, focusing
Continue Reading Researchers look at Listeria risks in food distribution centers
Researchers at two universities have made advancements in E. coli testing technology, with one of them having received a patent.
At Kansas State University a new digital approach to a tried and true testing method
Continue Reading K-State, Purdue scientists push the pathogen testing envelope
A study shows promise for future victims of botulism poisoning, which is a particularly dangerous foodborne illness that can quickly paralyze respiratory muscles causing suffocation.
The botulism antitoxin heptavalent (BAT) therapy described in a new
Continue Reading Data shows experimental botulism antitoxin highly effective in adults
An emerging body of scholarship argues that machine learning and artificial intelligence can solve food safety enforcement. By mining tweets and Yelp reviews, health departments can target inspections more effectively. With much fanfare, health
Continue Reading Can Silicon Valley save food safety? Maybe, but not with online reviews alone
A researcher in search of treatments for potentially fatal E. coli infections says the impossible is now plausible because of stem cell technology and organoids of intestinal tissues.
Antibiotics are frequently not recommended for patients
Continue Reading Scientists using stem cell technology in pursuit of E. coli infection treatments
Scientists have made a discovery which could lead to finding ways to stop the spread of certain bacteria that cause food poisoning.
Many bacteria can swim, allowing them to infect and spread in the case
Continue Reading Researchers discover how foodborne bacteria move in small spaces
Scientists from the University of Glasgow in Scotland are reporting they have found a way to treat E. coli O157 infections without causing serious side effects.
The study, published in Infection and Immunity, looks
Continue Reading Scientists find promising results in study about E. coli treatment
Researchers from a German institute have expanded knowledge about produce harboring antibiotic resistance genes that often escape traditional molecular detection methods.
These antibiotic resistance genes might evade cultivation-independent detection, but could still be transferred to
Continue Reading Researchers find antibiotic resistance genes on leafy greens
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles and opinion columns we are publishing in recognition of Food Safety Education Month.
Since its founding as the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists
Continue Reading Scientists seek to build global confidence in analytical solutions for food safety
Researchers reported yesterday that a specific strain of E. coli found in 80 percent of the retail poultry and pork they tested matches the strain found in patients with urinary tract infections. Routine testing at
Continue Reading Poultry testing doesn’t include E. coli strain likely causing UTIs in people
