The Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH) has postponed its 7th High-Throughput Sequencing Symposium and Whole Genome Sequence Analyses Workshop, originally set for May 20-21 in Chicago.
Behzad Imanian, Ph.D., IFSH High-Throughput Sequencing Initiative Leader, announced the decision, pointing to uncertainties such as travel and attendance restrictions, job instability
Continue Reading Food safety sequencing symposium postponed amid budget uncertainties
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 of foodborne illness outbreaks.
By 2019 the program was already estimated at providing nearly $500
Continue Reading New study shows FDA Whole Genome Sequencing network provides nearly $500 million in annual health benefits
Two-thirds of 30 European countries were routinely using whole genome sequencing in 2017 for national surveillance of at least one human pathogen, according to a survey.
This figure is up from 16 countries in 2016 and none in 2013.
A European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) report found
Continue Reading Use of WGS in Europe continues to increase
B & H Foods in North Carolina is on notice from the FDA because the same strain of Listeria monocytogenes has been confirmed repeatedly during the past five years at its facilities.
“Based on FDA’s analytical results for the environmental sample and inspectional findings documented during the inspection, we have
Continue Reading Ruth’s salad maker warned for Listeria in production facility
The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS), established in 1996, is out with its latest data—covering the year 2014 and showing low levels of salmonella in poultry and meat in the United States.
NARMS, founded in 1998, involves state and local public health departments and universities in cooperation with the
Continue Reading Latest NARMS report contains some positive findings
