The American Society for Microbiology reports that blue light kills both dried cells and biofilms of the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, a frequent contaminant of food processing facilities.

The outbreak is linked to Soft Serve On The Go cups from Real Kosher Ice Cream.

The company’s EMP technology may be used for improved outbreak forecasting.

The recall is due to a possible Listeria contamination.

The FDA has identified imported enoki mushrooms distributed by Utopia Foods, Inc. of Glendale, N.Y., as a likely source of illnesses in this outbreak.

These items were shipped to a Family Fare retail location in Cannon Falls, Minn., where three packages of the wieners were sold.

Fresh Express is recalling certain varieties of its branded and private label salad products produced at the company’s Streamwood, Ill., facility because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

An 11-week proof of concept (POC) saw Bio-Fence antimicrobial coatings applied to the floor and lower part of walls of a hot dog peeling room in a major sausage manufacturing facility in Israel.