Articles Tagged with ''pathogens''

In 2014, FDA adopted a new, proactive sampling program for a variety of commodities to learn more about the prevalence of disease-causing bacteria and to help the agency identify patterns that may help predict and prevent future contamination.

FDA has shared a new video highlighting the innovative work of the Genome Trakr network.

The US food pathogen testing market is projected to reach $10.79 billion by 2020, growing at a rate of 7.8 percent from 2015 to 2020.

Eleven universities receive grants to research food safety, plant and animal health and other uses for nanotechnology solutions.

 Ground beef from cows raised more sustainably was significantly less likely to have these harmful bacteria than that from cows raised conventionally. 

New York agriculture officials warned consumers to not eat La Clarita Queseria Queso Fresco “Fresh Cheese” manufactured by Queseria La Poblanita, Inc. because of a possible Staphylococcus aureus contamination.

Professors at the University of Alberta are developing new technology they are calling ‘smart labels’ that could detect pathogens such as E. coli, Listeria and Salmonella in spoiled meat before consumers take it home.

An Oregon county has opened an investigation into two cases of E. coli that killed one child and hospitalized another.