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Food Safety

FOOD SAFETY >> 

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General Food Safety Information  
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Latest News  

May 6
New Item Pew report urges limiting antimicrobial use in animals

Apr 30
New Item Health group urges overhaul of US food safety system

Apr 1
New Item FDA seeks comments on food safety plan

Mar 13
New Item Report cites weaknesses in FDA spinach inspection

Mar 12
New Item Researchers confirm virulence differences in E coli O157:H7 strains

Feb 29
New Item USDA vows to enforce humane practices at meat plants

Feb 26
New Item Report suggests wastewater link to Taco John's E coli outbreak

Feb 7
New Item E coli cattle vaccine nearing US approval

Feb 4
New Item HHS budget proposal cuts state preparedness, boosts food safety

Dec 21
New Item Drug-resistant Salmonella outbreak linked to ground beef

Dec 11
New Item US, China report pact to make food imports safer

Dec 5
New Item Report says stingy funding has put FDA in crisis

Nov 21
New Item USDA modifies E coli testing rules for Canadian beef

Nov 16
New Item ConAgra resumes pot pie production after heeding USDA concerns

Nov 8
New Item USDA vows to double inspections of Canadian meat

Nov 7
New Item FDA food safety plan taps others for inspection help

Nov 6
New Item US food safety plan calls for FDA recall power

Oct 1
New Item Ground beef recall expands as more E coli illnesses probed

Sep 12
New Item US import safety panel calls for risk-based monitoring

Aug 20
New Item FDA reverses plan to close field labs

Aug 2
New Item Health officials probe more botulism cases

Jul 23
New Item Company widely expands botulism recall

Jul 20
New Item FDA warns of possible link between botulism and chili sauce

New Item FAO, WHO urge vigilance in light of recent food scares

Jun 29
New Item Snack implicated in 17-state Salmonella outbreak

Jun 28
New Item California lawmakers shelve E coli bills

New Item Drugs in Chinese seafood trigger FDA import ban

May 31
New Item CDC report reveals wider impact of tainted peanut butter

Apr 6, 2007
New Item Peanut butter maker says moisture triggered Salmonella contamination

Mar 23, 2007
New Item FDA releases final report on spinach E coli outbreak

Mar 2, 2007
New Item Got E coli? Outbreak showed danger of raw milk

Oct 9, 2006
New Item Lettuce, ground beef recalls spur new E coli concerns

Oct 5, 2006
New Item E coli cases reach 192; feds search produce plants

Oct 3, 2006
New Item Fourth botulism case linked to carrot juice

New Item CDC urges culturing suspected E coli samples

Sep 29, 2006
New Item Spinach-related E coli cases rise to 187

Sep 27, 2006
New Item E coli cases reach 183 in 26 states

Sep 25, 2006
New Item FDA clears some spinach as E coli cases grow to 175

      
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New Item PCR method to identify Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi, Paratyphi A, and Paratyphi B among Salmonella isolates from the blood of patients with clinical enteric fever
From May J Clin Microbiol

 
New Item Fixing food safety: protecting America's food supply from farm-to-fork
Report from Trust for America's Health released Apr 30

 
New Item Putting meat on the table: industrial farm animal production in America
Apr 29 report from Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production

 
New Item Salmonella must be viable in order to attach to the surface of prepared vegetable tissues
From J Appl Microbiol, published online Apr 9

 
New Item Control of enteric pathogens in ready-to-eat vegetable crops in organic and 'low input' production systems: a HACCP-based approach
From J Appl Microbiol, published online Apr 7

 
New Item All creatures great and minute: a public policy primer for companion animal zoonoses
From Zoonoses Public Health, published online Apr 9

 
New Item Leaf age as a risk factor in contamination of lettuce with E coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica
From Apr Appl Environ Microbiol

 
New Item Interactions between food-borne pathogens and protozoa isolated from lettuce and spinach
From Apr Appl Environ Microbiol

 
New Item Real-time PCR approach for detection of environmental sources of Campylobacter strains colonizing broiler flocks
From Apr Appl Environ Microbiol

 
New Item Tracing of norovirus outbreak strains in mussels collected near sewage effluents
From Apr Appl Environ Microbiol

 
New Item Prepared salads and public health
From J Appl Microbiol, published online Apr 4

 
New Item Animal and environmental impact on the presence and distribution of Salmonella and Escherichia coli in hydroponic tomato greenhouses
From Apr J Food Prot

 
New Item High pressures in combination with antimicrobials to reduce E coli O157:H7 and Salmonella Agona in apple juice and orange juice
From Apr J Food Prot

 
New Item Hot water treatments to inactivate E coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in mung bean seeds
From Apr J Food Prot

 
New Item New immuno-PCR assay for detection of low concentrations of Shiga toxin 2 and its variants
From Apr J Clin Microbiol

 
New Item Diagnostic approach to acute diarrheal illness in a military population on training exercises in Thailand, a region of Campylobacter hyperendemicity
From Apr J Clin Microbiol

 
New Item Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis as a tool for subtyping Listeria monocytogenes strains
From Apr J Clin Microbiol

 
New Item Inactivation of human pathogens and spoilage bacteria on the surface and internalized within fresh produce by using a combination of ultraviolet light and hydrogen peroxide
From Apr J Appl Microbiol

 
New Item An efficient plant viral expression system generating orally immunogenic Norwalk virus-like particles
From Mar 28 Vaccine

 
New Item Cross-protective immunity conferred by a DNA adenine methylase deficient Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium vaccine in calves challenged with Salmonella serovar Newport
From Mar 25 Vaccine

 
New Item A quarterly update on food- and waterborne diseases in Europe - summary of data for the third quarter 2007
From Mar 13 Eurosurveillance

 
New Item Cross-contamination in the kitchen: effect of hygiene measures
From J Appl Microbiol, published online Mar 12

 
New Item Effect of acidified sodium chlorite, chlorine, and acidic electrolyzed water on E coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Listeria monocytogenes inoculated onto leafy greens
From Mar J Food Prot