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Gene-ius! Study looks at preventing foodborne Salmonella infection

By News Desk on March 4, 2019

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…
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Multi-drug-resistant Salmonella outbreak from bull calves over

By News Desk on March 21, 2017

bullcalve_406x250The 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…
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The Top 10 most important foodborne outbreaks of 2016

By Dan Flynn on December 19, 2016

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…
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Bull calves likely source of drug resistant Salmonella outbreak

By News Desk on November 29, 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…
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Foster Farms Cuts Back on Antibiotics Use

By Lydia Zuraw on June 2, 2015

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-chickens-cot-image13995122Foster 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…
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FoodNet Data for 2014: E. Coli O157 Down, Mixed Results for Other Pathogens

By Lydia Zuraw on May 14, 2015

CDC-FoodNet2014As 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…
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In Wake of Outbreak, Foster Farms Outlines Salmonella Reduction Program

By News Desk on November 11, 2014

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…
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USDA Names Retailers Possibly Receiving Recalled Chicken

By News Desk on July 10, 2014

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…
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FSIS Denies That It Buried News of Foster Farms Recall

By News Desk on July 9, 2014

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…
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Fourth of July Weekend Brought First Foster Farms Recall as Salmonella Outbreak Grew

By Dan Flynn on July 7, 2014

Americans celebrated their freedom over the Fourth of July weekend in part by eating an estimated 750 million pounds of chicken, but they may have missed major developments in the paradox that is Foster Farms.…
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Lawsuit Seeks USDA Response to Salmonella as Adulterant Petition

By Lydia Zuraw on May 29, 2014

On the third anniversary of filing a petition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to have antibiotic-resistant Salmonella declared an adulterant, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is still waiting for a…
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