New guideline papers for reducing pathogens in beef and raw poultry have been issued by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The availability of four revised FSIS Guidelines for pathogen contro [...]
A new study, developed by researchers from the University of Portsmouth, has suggested that the accumulation of plastic in food may be underestimated, with concerns that microplastics (MPs) may carry potentiall [...]
Foodborne diseases in the UK cause around 2.4 million cases of illness annually. To ensure food safety throughout the food chain the government announced £ 19.2 million funding for a three-year surveillan [...]
On July 16, Germany's agriculture ministry stated that African swine fever (ASF) had been found in domestic pigs for the first time. The findings were validated by the Friedrich-Loeffler Institute. [...]
A new foodborne hazard has been identified in numerous Southeast Asian nations. It all started in 2015, when at least 146 individuals in Singapore became ill after eating raw freshwater fish. The sickness was e [...]
The work of microbiological reference laboratories throughout the world is being transformed by whole genome sequencing (WGS). Complete genomic sequences from an isolate or sample have the potential to boost ep [...]
During the summer of 2020, the FDA and a number of state and federal partners examined an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis illnesses connected to peach consumption. The epidemic resulted in 101 illnesses reco [...]
The examination of foodborne disease outbreaks identifies the items that cause sickness. However, it is unclear to what extent foods linked to outbreaks represent the distribution of food intake in the United S [...]
China is reinforcing its supervision of imported frozen food due to the recent spread of the virus in India and the new COVID-19 cases in China. Following the government’s iron fist against imported goods in [...]
Cornell University food scientists discovered five previously unknown and novel relatives of Listeria while investigating the prevalence of the bacteria in agricultural soil throughout the United States. Accord [...]
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