US-based 3M Food Safety has unveiled a new pathogen detection technology - 3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express System, which provides detection and biochemical confirmation of Salmonella in enriched food and food process environmental samples. ...
Thermo Fisher Scientific, a US-based healthcare equipment provider, has announced that its SureTect Salmonella Species Assay has received Performance Tested Method from the AOAC Research Institute. The SureTect Salmonella species PCR ...
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US-based food company General Mills is voluntarily recalling single-serve reduced-sugar Cinnamon Toast Crunch bowlpaks sold in foodservice establishments over Salmonella contamination risk. The company said that it initiated the recall ...
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US-based c Food Safety has achieved NF Validation certification cfor E.coli O157 including H7. The Molecular Detection Assay for E.coli O157 is capable of detecting the bacteria in raw beef, fruit, vegetable and dairy products. The ...
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Switzerland-based food giant Nestlé has opened new laboratories at the Nestlé Research Center in Switzerland in order to study food-borne pathogens. The new facilities feature a high level of 'bio-containment', which means ...
Eco-Cuisine, an establishment based in Boulder, Colorado, US, is recalling all lots of baking mix products as they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recall was initiated as a result of notification by CHS Foods ...
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In the year from September 8, 2011, to September 7, 2012, listeria monocytogenes in fresh cut onions, salmonella Braenderup in imported mangoes and undeclared milk in a nationally distributed snack bar sparked the most reports. A total of ...
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The study in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture states deploying bacteriophages –types of virus – directly on to food to attack and kill harmful bacteria is becoming more popular. Recent studies “strongly ...
Ecolab has introduced Antimicrobial Fruit and Vegetable Treatment (AFVT), a new product to help lower the risk of foodborne illness outbreaks related to ineffective produce washing in foodservice operations. Ecolab noted that AFVT is the ...
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The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have conducted a study to better understand the risks associated with certain foods prepared in retail delicatessens. ...
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More than half of the raw ground turkey and patty products we recently analyzed contained fecal bacteria, and 90 percent had at least one of the five bacteria that we looked for, including some notorious for causing foodborne illness, like ...
Krinos Foods is voluntarily recalling its Tahini sesame paste in the US as it may be contaminated with Salmonella. The possibility for contamination was noted after the Michigan Department of Agriculture conducted routine testing on a ...
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Last fall I flew halfway across the country to go grocery shopping with Everly Macario. We set out from her second-story apartment in Hyde Park near the University of Chicago and walked to the supermarket to buy a couple of?rib?steaks?that ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that certain nut butters, peanuts, sugar or tahini may have been contaminated with Salmonella or other harmful bacteria. The products associated with the recall include all sizes ...
Microbes lurk almost everywhere, from fresh food and air filters to toilet seats and folding money. Most of the time, they are harmless to humans. But sometimes they aren't. Every year, thousands of people sicken from E. coli ...