The Listeria outbreak linked to a brand of polony in South Africa had a negative impact on student’s consumption patterns of cold meat, according to researchers.
The study analyzed the effect of the Listeria monocytogenes
Continue Reading South African Listeria outbreak impacted food choices of students
Brazilian researchers are investigating which genes are important for the survival of Salmonella to help prevent foodborne infections in humans.
The team from the School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences at the State University of
Continue Reading Gene-ius! Study looks at preventing foodborne Salmonella infection
The multi-state outbreak of multi-drug-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg infections that was linked to contact with dairy bull calves is over.
Since its last update Nov. 28, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports an
Continue Reading Multi-drug-resistant Salmonella outbreak from bull calves over
The Top 10 most important outbreaks of 2016, according to the editors of Food Safety News, are presented here. Outbreaks were chosen for the list on a subjective basis, ranked by the number of fatalities
Continue Reading The Top 10 most important foodborne outbreaks of 2016
Twenty-one people infected with an outbreak strain of multi-drug resistant Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from eight states, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Monday. The illnesses may be associated with
Continue Reading Bull calves likely source of drug resistant Salmonella outbreak
Foster Farms, the California-based company linked to an outbreak of multi-drug resistant Salmonella Heidelberg that sickened 634 people in 2013 and 2014, is the latest major chicken producer to go antibiotic-free. The company announced Monday
Continue Reading Foster Farms Cuts Back on Antibiotics Use
As in previous years, the latest federal data on trends in foodborne illness rates are a mixed bag. “The overall outlook is that there is some good news and I think we can learn from
Continue Reading FoodNet Data for 2014: E. Coli O157 Down, Mixed Results for Other Pathogens
Foster Farms, the California-based poultry company whose chicken was the source of a recent 17-month Salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 600 people, has shared the plan it’s been implementing to control contamination of its
Continue Reading In Wake of Outbreak, Foster Farms Outlines Salmonella Reduction Program
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture posted a list of retail outlets in a dozen states which may have received chicken products recalled
by Foster Farms last week after being conclusively linked to a
Continue Reading USDA Names Retailers Possibly Receiving Recalled Chicken
The Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) insists that it did not time the release of last week’s Foster Farms recall so that it would garner less attention, as some suggest. “Burying
Continue Reading FSIS Denies That It Buried News of Foster Farms Recall
