Researchers have evaluated a handheld DNA sequencing device for use in environmental monitoring at food factories.
The study, by researchers from the Teagasc food research program and APC Microbiome Ireland’s Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre,
Continue Reading Scientists test handheld DNA sequencers for microbial monitoring
Researchers seeking to develop better food safety testing for fresh produce, with a particular focus on lettuce, have received a boost in the form of a USDA grant.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute
Continue Reading Scientists working on better testing for leafy greens, other fresh produce
X-ray inspection of food products is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. This is likely due to two factors. First and foremost are the high costs associated with a food recall caused by foreign body contamination.
Continue Reading X-rays for food safety: Two common misconceptions about X-ray inspections
Editor’s note: In part four of this four-part series with SafetyChain Software, Food Safety News is exploring how food firms can become resilient in the face of 2021’s new challenges, and how resilience
Continue Reading Resilience in food safety for 2021: Anticipating government oversight
Waltham, MA-based PerkinElmer Inc. has a new tool for food processors who are on the lookout for E. coli O157. The kit is designed for rapid results and to ensure those results are released as
Continue Reading PerkinElmer announces ‘Solus ONE’ E. coli O157 detection assay for beef, beef trim
Editor’s note: In part three of this four-part series with SafetyChain Software, Food Safety News reviews how food firms can become resilient in the face of 2021’s new challenges, and how resilience will
Continue Reading Resilience in Food Safety for 2021: Challenges of product tracking
Editor’s note: In part two of this four-part series with SafetyChain Software, Food Safety News reviews how food firms can become resilient in the face of 2021’s new challenges, how resilience will be needed
Continue Reading Resilience in food safety for 2021: Consumer related challenges
It’s one thing for someone working in the produce industry to attend a conference with all sorts of regulators and scientists talking about food safety. But it’s quite another thing for those folks to be
Continue Reading USDA wants to hear produce industry’s voice in anonymous food safety survey
If the word for 2020 in food safety was adaptation, the word for 2021 will be resilience. COVID-19 will continue to challenge food and beverage manufacturers, and resilience will be needed to address those
Continue Reading Industry’s resilience with food safety practices will be crucial in 2021
Correction on byline: This opinion piece originally posted with the wrong byline. The error has been corrected.
By Brian P. Sylvester, Jessica P. O’Connell and John C. Balzano
In a global first, in recent
Continue Reading Singapore greenlights cell-based meat; when will the U.S.?
