Tough economic times can cause some companies put the business of standing out and succeeding at a lower standard than they would during better days. West Liberty Foods LLC, on

Germ WarfareSponsored by DuPont Qualicon Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria) is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular opportunistic pathogen, which is ubiquitous to the environment. Listeria is often transmitted through contaminated food and causes a

Germ WarfareSponsored by DuPont Qualicon  A Minnesota company won federal support last month to become the first in the country to market an E. coli vaccine for cattle. Epitopix LLC was

Poultry quality depends upon disease-free birds. Disease-causing microorganisms and pathogens, including bacteria and viruses, are carried through vectors (living organisms that transmit pathogens). Frequently these vectors are the people who

We live in world where we are not the ultimate organism. We live in a world that is mostly populated by bacteria, which are either beneficial, detrimental, and/or inconsequential to

From USDA-FSIS annual reportsIn recent years, there has been increasing interest in using the E. coli O157:H7 results as an indicator of industry trends or as a measure of program

Pest control is of utmost importance to meat and poultry processors, but it also must be a top priority for growers, as shown by one study on the impact of

Yersinia enterocolitica is a major human foodborne pathogen which causes approximately 87,000 human cases and approximately 1,100 hospitalizations each year in the United States. It is estimated that only one

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently proposed changing the regulations on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat products. It is important to keep in mind that this proposed change would

Of all the foodborne bacterial pathogens, Campylobacter is the most common cause of human foodborne gastroenteritis in the United States and in the world. Campylobacter cells are Gram-negative, grow at