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IAFP panel breaks down challenges in genotype tracing during foodborne illness outbreaks

PHOENIX — While genotyping can provide key microbiological information and strengthen epidemiological evidence in foodborne illness outbreaks, there are still some limitations in current technology and the very nature of the

By Chris Koger

/ 19 Jul 2021

IAFP panel breaks down challenges in genotype tracing during foodborne illness outbreaks

Culture drives many things, but how does it impact food safety?

PHOENIX — One topic flowed as an undercurrent this afternoon even though it wasn’t on the session agenda for a group of panelists at the 2021 Conference of the International

By Coral Beach

/ 19 Jul 2021

Culture drives many things, but how does it impact food safety?

IAFP 2021 kicks off with in-person conference in Phoenix

PHOENIX — The International Association for Food Protection’s (IAFP’s) annual meeting opened Sunday in here with the Ivan Parkin Lecture, which is traditional. But IAFP 2021 will be remembered

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 Jul 2021

IAFP 2021 kicks off with in-person conference in Phoenix

Mainly children ill in French Salmonella outbreak

Almost 50 people are sick in France with Salmonella infections after eating a type of dry cured sausage from Spain. In total, 45 people have been affected including 27 children.

By News Desk

/ 19 Jul 2021

Mainly children ill in French Salmonella outbreak

Rare case of illness in Brazil from fish prompts warning

Officials in Brazil have issued a warning after a woman became sick from a rare disease after eating fish. The municipality of Goianésia, which is in the state of Goiás,

By News Desk

/ 18 Jul 2021

Rare case of illness in Brazil from fish prompts warning

Campylobacter, Salmonella at record highs in Australia

Record levels of Campylobacter and Salmonella have been recorded in Australia, according to the annual surveillance report of notifiable diseases for 2016. The data comes from a study published in

By Joe Whitworth

/ 17 Jul 2021

Campylobacter, Salmonella at record highs in Australia

Salmonella and Campylobacter reports fall in Austria

Austria saw a decline in Salmonella and Campylobacter infections in 2020, according to annual figures released recently. The country also reported data for Listeria, botulism poisoning and Yersinia which were

By Joe Whitworth

/ 16 Jul 2021

Salmonella and Campylobacter reports fall in Austria

Cold chain guide seeks to improve food safety in the UK

A trade association in the United Kingdom has published a guide on managing food safety for the temperature-controlled storage and distribution sector. The Cold Chain Federation said the guidance

By News Desk

/ 16 Jul 2021

Cold chain guide seeks to improve food safety in the UK

FAO helps countries measure progress with food safety indicators, mitigation

A pilot project has backed up the potential to use food safety indicators to strengthen national control systems but found results are not comparable between countries. Several countries in Asia

By Joe Whitworth

/ 15 Jul 2021

FAO helps countries measure progress with food safety indicators, mitigation

Prosecutors drop charges in strawberry tampering incident involving needles

Charges against a woman accused of putting needles in strawberries in 2018 in Australia have been dropped. My Ut Trinh, an ex-farm worker, had been charged with contamination of

By News Desk

/ 15 Jul 2021

Prosecutors drop charges in strawberry tampering incident involving needles

EU countries investigate Salmonella illnesses linked to imported tahini, halva

Five European countries have reported Salmonella infections with at least some of them linked to tahini and halva from Syria. Up to 80 people may have been affected since 2019

By Joe Whitworth

/ 14 Jul 2021

EU countries investigate Salmonella illnesses linked to imported tahini, halva

Survey finds people unsure of safe meat cooking temperatures

More than half of Northern Ireland’s home cooks are unclear about how to barbeque meat to the correct safe temperatures, according to recently released survey results. Results revealed that

By News Desk

/ 14 Jul 2021

Survey finds people unsure of safe meat cooking temperatures

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IAFP panel breaks down challenges in genotype tracing during foodborne illness outbreaks

Culture drives many things, but how does it impact food safety?

IAFP 2021 kicks off with in-person conference in Phoenix

Mainly children ill in French Salmonella outbreak

Rare case of illness in Brazil from fish prompts warning

Campylobacter, Salmonella at record highs in Australia

Salmonella and Campylobacter reports fall in Austria

Cold chain guide seeks to improve food safety in the UK

FAO helps countries measure progress with food safety indicators, mitigation

Prosecutors drop charges in strawberry tampering incident involving needles

EU countries investigate Salmonella illnesses linked to imported tahini, halva

Survey finds people unsure of safe meat cooking temperatures

Your Support Protects Public Health