When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced in October 2009 that, beginning with the 2011 season, it would require post-harvest treatment of live Gulf Coast oysters harvested in summer months for control of pathogenic Vibrios, the industry was taken by surprise.
By the Agricultural Technology Research Program at the Georgia Tech Research Institute Studies have revealed that when chickens arrive at processing facilities, they generally have high populations of bacteria, which
Think about this — about half of every dollar spent on food is spent on food prepared away from home. We assume (hope, wish, pray?) that personal health and hygiene
Dr. Tong Zhao, UGA Center for Food Safety, inoculates Salmonella onto chicken wings. Researchers discovered using a wash treatment containing levulinic acid together with sodium dodecyl sulfate was effective at
The beef industry has invested millions of dollars in food-safety research to reduce or eliminate the threat of foodborne illness from ground beef contaminated with deadly bacteria such as E.
In mid-May, Mexico’s agriculture department announced that the influenza strain that infected more than 4,000 people in 33 countries did not originate from hogs at a Smithfield Foods operation that
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
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