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Food Safety

FOOD SAFETY >> 

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Foodborne Disease  
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Latest News  

Oct 6
New Item FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: Top 10 risky foods, ground beef vulnerabilities

Sep 8
New Item FDA launches safety alert portal for food companies

Jul 7
New Item Officials release food safety plan, egg safety rules

New Item CDC acts to expedite foodborne data sharing

Jun 29
New Item FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: Dough sample positive for E coli, beef recall after illnesses, dairy ingredients and Salmonella

Jun 23
New Item Cases in cookie dough E coli outbreak grow to 70

Jun 19
New Item Federal officials link E coli outbreak to raw cookie dough

Jun 17
New Item COMMENTARY
Improving foodborne outbreak investigations on a budget

May 28
New Item Senator to offer plan for upgrading US foodborne illness response

Apr 27
New Item Contaminated sprout seeds suspected in Salmonella outbreaks

Apr 15
New Item FDA: Salmonella strain in pistachios matches illness isolate

Apr 9
New Item CDC says foodborne disease rates held steady in 2008

New Item FDA, states creating teams for foodborne disease response

Apr 8
New Item Federal marshals serve inspection warrant to NJ food company

Apr 7
New Item Investigators find Salmonella at pistachio plant

Mar 30
New Item Salmonella findings prompt FDA warning on pistachios

New Item Spices suspected in 4-state Salmonella outbreak

Mar 25
New Item Policy group says FDA needs single food safety chief

Mar 19
New Item Lawmakers grill food companies over use of tainted ingredients

Mar 18
New Item Peanuts not likely at fault for spike in Salmonella-killed birds

Mar 17
New Item Salmonella cases reach 691 in slowing outbreak

Mar 10
New Item Report says public health funding is uneven, eroding

New Item FDA recommends steps for reducing Salmonella risk in peanut products

Mar 4
New Item FDA details mess in Texas plant tied to Salmonella cases

Feb 25
New Item Salmonella outbreak strain found in Texas plant

Feb 17
New Item FDA reports Salmonella in peanut butter tied to Texas plant

Feb 16
New Item Colorado illnesses may be linked to Texas peanut plant

Feb 11
New Item Company officials silent as lawmakers air Salmonella outbreak

Feb 9
New Item FDA says firm sold peanut products before test results

Feb 5
New Item Foodborne disease registry urged in wake of outbreak

Feb 3
New Item Salmonella cases rise as HHS pushes publicity

Feb 2
New Item Obama joins calls for improving US food safety regime

      
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New Item Cruise ship environmental hygiene and the risk of norovirus infection outbreaks: an objective assessment of 56 vessels over 3 years
From Nov 1 Clin Infect Dis

 
New Item Hemolytic uremic syndrome and death in persons with Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network Sites, 2000-2006
From Clin Infect Dis, published online Oct 14

 
New Item Food safety: agencies need to address gaps in enforcement and collaboration to enhance safety of imported food
GAO report released Oct 14 (but dated Sep 15)

 
New Item Reduction of E coli O157:H7 on produce by use of electrolyzed water under simulated food service operation conditions
From Sep J Food Prot

 
New Item Tomato handling practices in restaurants
From Aug J Food Prot

 
New Item Norovirus on swabs taken from hands illustrate route of transmission: a case study
From Aug J Food Prot

 
New Item Development of a cell culture method to isolate and enrich Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis from shell eggs for subsequent detection by real-time PCR
From Aug Appl Environ Microbiol

 
New Item Invasive non-Typhi Salmonella disease in Africa
From Aug 15 Clin Infect Dis

 
New Item Norovirus illness is a global problem: emergence and spread of norovirus GII.4 variants, 2001-2007
From J Infect Dis, published online Jul 23

 
New Item Inactivation of E coli O157:H7 and natural microbiota on spinach leaves using gaseous ozone during vacuum cooling and simulated transportation
From Jul J Food Prot

 
New Item Association of E coli O157:H7 with filth flies (Muscidae and Calliphoridae) captured in leafy greens fields and experimental transmission of E coli O157:H7 to spinach leaves by house flies (Diptera: Muscidae)
From Jul J Food Prot

 
New Item Rapid and simple determination of ciprofloxacin resistance in clinical strains of E coli
From J Clin Microbiol, published online Jul 1

 
New Item Rapid and sensitive detection of shiga toxin-producing E coli from nonenriched stool specimens by real-time PCR in comparison to enzyme immunoassay and culture
From Jul J Clin Microbiol

 
New Item Characteristics of O157 versus non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections in Minnesota, 2000-2006
From Clin Infect Dis, published online Jun 23

 
New Item Molecular analysis of E coli from retail meats (2002-2004) from the United States National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System
From Jul 15 Clin Infect Dis

 
New Item Serogroup-specific risk factors for Shiga toxin-producing E coli infection in Australia
From Jul 15 Clin Infect Dis

 
New Item Reliable means of diagnosis and serovar determination of blood borne Salmonella: quick PCR amplification of unique genomic loci by novel primer sets
From J Clin Microbiol, published online Jun 17

 
New Item Surveillance for foodborne disease outbreaks - United States, 2006
From Jun 12 MMWR

 
New Item Prevalence of Salmonella in vegetables from Mexico
From Jun J Food Prot

 
New Item Inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes, E coli O157:H7, and Salmonella Typhimurium with compounds available in households
From Jun J Food Prot

 
New Item Removal of Listeria monocytogenes by use of ultrasound and ozone
From Jun J Food Prot

 
New Item Herd immunity to GII.4 noroviruses is supported by outbreak patient sera
From Jun J Virol

 
New Item Interlaboratory validation of a real-time PCR 24-hour rapid method for detection of Salmonella in foods
From May J Food Prot

 
New Item Managing food safety practices from farm to table
IOM workshop summary, released May 14

 
New Item Development of a new nomenclature for Salmonella Typhimurium multilocus variable number of tandem repeats analysis (MLVA)
From Apr 16 Eurosurveill

 
New Item Reduced fluoroquinolone susceptibility in Salmonella enterica isolates from travelers, Finland
From Emerg Infect Dis, published online Apr 10

 
New Item Prophylactic supplementation of caprylic acid in feed reduces Salmonella Enteritidis colonization in commercial broiler chicks
From Apr J Food Prot