The Food and Drug Administration is partnering with the University of Georgia to test dairy supplies for avian influenza.
“This virus and its spread are concerning,” said S. Mark Tompkins, director and principal investigator of the university’s Center for Influenza Disease and Emergence Research. “I worry about the changing ecology of
Continue Reading University of Georgia helps with testing of milk for bird flu; warns of dangers of raw milk
If Donald Trump does win back the Presidency, it’s unlikely that Sonny Perdue will make a repeat performance as Secretary of Agriculture, Feedstuff Daily is reporting.
Perdue says he has no interest in returning to the federal government, but, it’s a question he gets a lot these days. “I tell
Continue Reading A Trump win won’t bring Sonny Perdue back to USDA
The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA), along with the University of Georgia and New Mexico State University, has developed an online-animated tool with three learning modules to help educators and farm managers reinforce fundamental cleaning and sanitizing concepts.
Cleaning and sanitizing minimize potential contamination from pathogenic microorganisms on surfaces
Continue Reading WSDA launches an online tool for farmers and asks for feedback on produce safety education
A new way of detecting deadly Listeria contamination in food and a vaccine for troublesome Norovirus are being reported by major research universities.
University of Georgia College of Engineering researchers report they have a new method for Listeria detection, and the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech announced
Continue Reading University research advances food safety with faster Listeria test and Norovirus vaccine
The U.SDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded researchers from the University of Georgia Center for Food Safety a three-year, $599,900 grant to begin a new study to investigate the effectiveness of antimicrobial blue light technology in reducing foodborne pathogens.
Food manufacturers often use chemical sanitizers on food
Continue Reading USDA gives grant to University of Georgia to study antimicrobial blue light tech
The University of Georgia has hired Carla Schwan as an assistant professor and as the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension specialist in food safety and home food preservation in UGA’s College of Family and Consumer Sciences. She starts the job this month.
Carla Schwan, assistant professor
Continue Reading Extension service hires specialist in food safety and home food preservation
Researchers led by Jinru Chen, Ph.D., with the University of Georgia, are using an anonymous survey to better understand the current cleaning and sanitation methods used on blueberry harvest containers and machine harvesters.
Based on the survey results and with the help of a blueberry industry advisory board, the researchers
Continue Reading Researchers use survey to evaluate food safety challenges of blueberry harvesting
Researchers at the University of Georgia have provided multifaceted evidence to suggest the likely origins behind the global spread of SalmonellaEnteritidis, which has caused recurring outbreaks of the foodborne pandemic linked to poultry products.
Using hypothesis-driven data mining, the research team, led by Xiangyu Deng of UGA’s Center for Food
Continue Reading Sourcing and trade of poultry breeding stocks could be behind global spread of Salmonella Enteritidis
A study from researchers at the University of Georgia, published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, showed that 60 percent of cattle fecal samples contained multiple strains of salmonella that traditional testing methods missed. It also found that about one out of every 10 samples tested positive for Salmonella Reading,
Continue Reading Study finds that traditional sampling methods miss harmful salmonella
Researchers at the University of Georgia are studying the risk of Listeria monocytogenes developing a tolerance to sanitizers, with a specific focus on fresh produce production plants.
The project, titled “Possibility, duration and molecular predictors of sanitizer tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes,” is examining the potential for resistance to chlorine and
Continue Reading Researchers examine Listeria tolerance to sanitizers
