Medical, agricultural and computer researchers at the University of Alberta (U of A) have developed a new device, which can rapidly detect E.coli in food. The testing device, which is the size of a large shoebox, is more sensitive at ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Pathogenica and Illumina have entered into an agreement to co-market a new version of the former’s HAI BioDetection kit in the Asia Pacific region. Currently under development and compatible with Illumina's MiSeq benchtop sequencing ...
Tags: Biodetection Kit, Medicine
Dangerous contaminants such as lead, chloroform, arsenic, nitrate, nitrite, radon, and E. coli bacteria are common in tap water. Bottled water, often advertised as a "pure" and "natural" alternative to tap water, is ...
Tags: Water Filter, Under-sink filters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and agriculture are often on opposite sides of the fence. It’s a love-hate relationship of sorts. The federal agency in part works to protect the U.S. food supply. Yet the FDA has a mixed ...
Tags: Food-Safety, FDA, Agriculture&Food
Demand for disinfectant and antimicrobial chemicals in the U.S. is forecast to rise 6.1 percent annually to $1.6 billion in 2017. A rebound in building construction activity, in conjunction with an improving U.S. economy, will drive strong ...
Tags: Disinfectant, Antimicrobial, 2017
National Beef Packing of Kansascapproximately 22,737 pounds of raw ground beef products as they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The ...
Federal regulators have moved a step closer toward requiring mechanically tenderized beef to be labeled so that you are better informed about what you buy and how to cook it safely. The tenderizing process can drive bacteria such as the ...
Tags: Long-Awaited Labeling Rule, Mechanically Tenderized Beef, USDA
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 ...
Tags: 3M Food Safety, Food
Some of hungry partygoers at your Memorial Day gathering this weekend might be crying out, Where's the beef!?! But from a food-safety perspective, a more salient question is, How well done is the beef? That's because some steaks and other ...
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. ...
Tags: Food Safety, Food
Bert Rubinsky, CEO of Medical Grade Innovations (MGI), is announcing he has been issued a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on fabric with antimicrobial properties. The patent number is 13/207,392. The fabric, ...
Tags: MGI Bags Patent, Fabric
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 ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
US-based Rich Products is expanding its voluntary recall of frozen snack foods produced at its Waycross, Georgia facility as they may be contaminated with E. coli O121 bacteria. On 28 March, the New York-based firm issued a voluntary ...
US-based supermarket chain Stop & Shop has withdrawn several varieties of Farm Rich snack products due to possible contamination with Escherichia coli 0121 bacteria (E. coli). The company noted that it has taken this step followng the ...
Tags: Stop&Shop, Rich Snack Products, E.Coli Risk
A novel integrated electrochemical process for urban wastewater reuse is proposed, comprising an electrodisinfection-electrocoagulation process with aluminium bipolar electrodes. This Spanish work describes a novel integrated ...
Tags: bipolar electrodes, wastewater reclamation, electrodisinfection