Neogen has announced that the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a letter of no objection for the use of Neogen's NeoSEEK pathogen DNA detection method to detect Shiga toxin-producing strains ...
SDIX has announced that its RapidChek CONFIRM non-O157 STEC Immunomagnetic Separation (IMS) test kit has been incorporated by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a tool for E.coli testing. On 4 June 2012, the USDA Food Safety ...
Tags: test kit, testing method, multiplexed lateral flow test strips
Electrostatic spraying using organic acids can be more effective in offering protection against E.coli in fresh produce, compared to the current sanitation procedures, according to a new study published in the Journal of Food Science. For ...
Researchers at the University of Illinois, US, has a developed new method that uses bacteria to produce 2-fucosyllactose (2FL), a sugar found abundantly in human milk. This development could lead future research on the possibility of its ...
Tags: bacteria, human milk, future research, infant formula
Jazz Pharmaceuticals has initiated patient dosing in a clinical trial intravenously (IV) administering Erwinaze in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients hypersensitive to asparaginase therapy derived from E. coli. The trial will ...
Tags: pharmeceuticals, clinical, trial intravenously, E.coli
Coles, an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers, is recalling its Lite Sour Cream from its stores in Western Australia as it may be contaminated with E.coli, according to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). ...
B.-d. Farm Paris Creek, a dairy products manufacturer in Australia, is recalling Organic Biodynamic Yoghurt Apricot due to microbial contamination (E. coli), according to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). This product was sold ...
Tags: dairy products manufacturer, health food stores, diarrhoea, dehydration
Anaerobic digestion processes have been evaluated in terms of process performance, hygienisation efficiency, and dewaterability. Mesophilic digestion with pasteurisation showed greater removal of viral indicators, and the inclusion of a ...
Tags: Balancing Hygienisation, Anaerobic digestion, sludge hygienisation
Pickled cabbage contaminated with E.coli has led to a massive food poisoning outbreak in Japan,resulting in seven deaths and 100 cases of illness in the country. The pickled cabbage was produced by Iwai Shokuhin-a company based in ...
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Canadian meat packing firm, XL foods has recalled 800 workers it had laid off earlier, enabling the federal inspectors to complete the evaluation of the plant's operations. The recalled workers will help process the carcasses that were ...
Higa Meat & Pork Market, a Hawaiian firm, has recalled 4,100 pounds of ground beef products in the US over E. coli contamination, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The products ...
Canada-based XL Foods has voluntarily recalled 260 additional beef products due to potential E.coli contamination risk,according to Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The affected products linked with the latest recall bear manufacturing ...
The romaine supplied by Amazing Coachella,a grower based in California,US,has been linked to the E.coli illnesses in California and Canada. According to the California Department of Public Health(CDPH),the romaine that led to E.coli ...
Brazilian beef firm JBS has entered into an agreement that will see its US business assume operational control of the Canadian operations of XL Foods, the company at the centre of a large-scale food scare. JBS USA will take management of ...
Tags: beef, large-scale, food safety recall, e.coli bacteria
Scientific testing by an independent laboratory has proven that a specialized laundering process, offered by UniFirst Corporation and used to disinfect and protect food industry garments, destroys pathogens known to cause nearly 90 million ...
Tags: garment, food industry garments, uniforms