Featured Bacterial Detection Articles

  1. FSIS Wants Proof Of Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella Strains Being Exceptionally Dangerous 8/6/2014

    More than three years after the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s petition requested adulterant status for antibiotic-resistant Salmonella, FSIS declines to act

  2. Food-Illness Outbreak Investigations Will Be Transformed By Rapid Whole-Genome Testing 7/31/2014

    Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis may become a thing of the past. Rapid Whole-Genome Testing is expected to replace it with lab-friendly, bench-top equipment and the unsurpassed ability to identify specific pathogenic DNA.

  3. Stiff Competition Endangers Food Safety Diagnostic Companies 7/29/2014

    The demand for ever-increasing, competitively-priced, pathogenic food testing is exhausting the limits of some food safety diagnostic companies.

  4. The U.S. And China Are Taking On Food Safety Together 7/29/2014

    The University of California, Davis, and one of China’s most important agricultural colleges have combined forces to form a food safety research center.

  5. Antibiotic Use Is OK In Livestock Production, Says NY Court 7/28/2014

    The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York has decided the FDA is not required to hold investigations regarding the safety of giving antibiotics to animals raised for food at sub-therapeutic levels.

  6. Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Now Encompasses 13 States 7/25/2014

    Starting innocuously enough, with just a report on a Tarrant County, TX television station, the first report of the outbreak occurred on July 23. By July 24, the infection has grown to 125 cases in 13 states.

  7. Listeria Scare Isn't Over For Wawona Packing 7/24/2014

    Wawona Packing recalled fruit packaged between June 1 and July 12, but much of it was most-likely consumed before the recall was announced on July 19. With an incubation period lasting up to 70 days, the company isn’t out of the woods just yet

  8. Should Every State Follow Hawaii's Food Safety Lead? 7/14/2014

    By the end of July, color-coded signs indicating a restaurant’s food-safety past will be implemented in Hawaiian eateries.

  9. FDA Gives Chobani The OK After Inspection 7/10/2014

    Following 409 complaints of a fungal contaminant in the yogurt maker’s product, federal agents inspected the company’s Idaho plant. Small flaws were found in GMPs, however, none necessitated a warning letter.

  10. Prosecutors Of Quality Egg Salmonella Case To Poll Victims During Sentencing 7/10/2014

    Nearly 2,000 victims have been asked to make an appearance or submit a written statement during the sentencing of Quality Egg and its owners.