Carl Rittberger Sr, an establishment based in Ohio, is recalling approximately 9,000 pounds of fully-cooked deli items due to a possible contamination by Listeria monocytogenes. The products subject to the recall were purchased by the ...
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A test conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's(CFIA)revealed that the cantaloupe samples collected from Canadian retail stores did not contain Salmonella or Shigella and were safe for human consumption. For the test,the agency ...
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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 ...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA)is warning the public not to consume certain Fresh Express brand Hearts of Romaine salad as this product may be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. The product affected by the recall is Fresh ...
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Antimicrobial packaging can inhibit listeria in ready-to-eat meat products and also control spoilage, according to a new study conducted by researchers at University of Georgia, US. For the study, researchers inoculated cooked ham ...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA)has issued a health alert,asking the public not to consume the Mangoes supplied by North American Produce Sales as they may be contaminated with Salmonella Braenderup bacteria. The affected ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA)is set to be audited by the US Department of Agriculture(USDA),for the first time since 2009. As a part of the audit,which will be conducted later this month,a team of US officials will evaluate ...
Gyrotron Technology, a Pennsylvania-based industrial technologies developer, has filed a provisional patent application for its technology for the decontamination of beef carcasses and other food products. The company claimed that the new ...
US-based Micro Imaging Technology(MIT)is set to unveil the first commercial unit of its Rapid Microbial Identification System,the MIT 1000,which is capable of detecting pathogenic bacteria in food. The MIT 1000 is a ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA)has recalled PureFit's Peanut Butter Crunch bars over Salmonella contamination. The products subjected for the recall include products bearing UPC code 8 12787 00100 8,8 12787 00200 5 with best by ...
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Diversified Technologies has introduced a new pasteurization system, which eliminates the use of heat and chemicals. The new system, which uses PEF (pulsed electric field) technology, does not alter the flavor of liquefied food products, ...
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A new research at North Carolina State University (NCSU) in US has found that biodegradable plastics used to make packaging can release large amounts of methane gas when they decay fast in landfills. NCSU doctoral student James Levis, ...
The Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee (AIDAC) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended the use of Novartis's tobramycin inhalation powder (TIP) to treat cystic fibrosis (CF) patients whose lungs contain bacteria ...
Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara, have devised methods to detect and discriminate more harmful forms of Salmonella bacteria, a development which may help prevent food poisoning outbreaks. According to researchers, ...
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Generally speaking, Chinese people preserve many deep-rooted folk customs during the first month after childbirth. "No hair-washing." "Consume as much tonic food as you can." These beliefs have been embedded in our heart. It seems a very ...
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