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Scientists blame listeria’s low priority for regulatory support as the likely true cause for a low-burn listeria outbreak

By Dan Flynn on August 31, 2022

Government prosecutors wrapped conspiracy and fraud around the head of the former president of Blue Bell ice cream, but a hung jury did not buy it. That Texas jury was 10-to-2 in favor of acquittal.…

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New study shows FDA Whole Genome Sequencing network provides nearly $500 million in annual health benefits

By News Desk on November 5, 2021

This month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a study on the effectiveness of the GenomeTrakr Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Network, a scientific tool that helps the FDA detect, investigate and limit the spread …
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CDC, FDA warn of ongoing danger from tahini recalled during outbreak

By News Desk on February 28, 2019

Ten months after the beginning of the first confirmed illness in a Salmonella Concord outbreak traced to tahini, the CDC has declared the outbreak over. However, there is a good chance some consumers are unaware…
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Antimicrobial resistance and whole genome sequencing – What’s new?

By U.S. Department of Agriculture on January 2, 2019
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To better understand antibiotic resistance (AMR) in bacteria, agencies within USDA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other federal and state partners work collaboratively through…
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Beach Beat: Why wasn’t canal water tested months ago?

By Coral Beach on June 29, 2018

We’ve been reporting on the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce since federal officials first announced it on April 13. Actually, though romaine hadn’t been connected to it yet, we started reporting on…
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CORE’s Stic Harris discusses food safety threats, FDA plans

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on March 20, 2018
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Stic Harris, DVM, MPH, has been the director of FDA’s Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network (CORE) since August 2017. He is responsible for the agency’s surveillance, response, and post-response…
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WGS could be WMD in global battle against foodborne illness

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on September 16, 2017

Editor’s note: This column by FDA’s Steven Musser and Eric L. Stevens was originally published on the agency’s blog.

To view the larger version of this graph on the FDA website,

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GenomeTrakr is FDA’s version of Hoover’s fingerprint file

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on June 25, 2016

Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on FDA’s Consumer Updates page. A person commits a crime, and the detective uses DNA evidence collected from the crime scene to track the criminal down. An…
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CDC sending states new outbreak tool; launching PulseNet 2.0

By Dan Flynn on May 13, 2016

CHICAGO — The federal government is rolling out a powerful new, and increasingly affordable food safety weapon to about 30 states next year and to all 50 within two years. Robert Tauxe, director of the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was among the speakers at the 18th annual Food Safety Summit. Robert…
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