In a recent presentation, Martin Wiedmann of Cornell University discussed the positives and negatives of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data sharing, saying that easy access to such data can sometimes lead companies and individuals to
Continue Reading Center for Produce Safety webinar focuses on pathogen detection
Product recalls can be painfully slow. Each day a recalled product remains in circulation the risk to consumer health increases. And to many, the underlying product recall process that food companies go through to identify
Continue Reading Notre Dame study reveals new options to address recall uncertainty
Dole Food Co. has multiple motives when it comes to a $750,000 donation to the Center for Produce Safety’s (CPS) new capital fundraising campaign. The company’s vice president of Food Safety and Quality Natalie Dyenson
Continue Reading Dole gives $750,000 to Center for Produce Safety
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
