USDA Researchers Shed Some Light on Produce Safety
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) working at the Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, have...
New Food Safety Center Just For Kids
It is the unfortunate reality that children are disproportionately affected by foodborne illness. According to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
The Next Foodborne Threat? MRSA infections from contaminated meat
In an interesting article published online today, the author discusses the growing threat to the public health posed by the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus...
Recalls Found to be Even Less Effective Than Expected
There has for a long time been valid criticism of food recalls, both with regard to how agencies like the FDA implement them, and whether recalls...
Fresh Express to invest $2 million in E. coli research
Salinas-based Fresh Express is investing up to $2 million to research the potentially fatal bacterium that has brought the leafy-green industry under scrutiny since last...
New treatment for food poisoning
A team of researchers working at the University of Bristol has found a potential new treatment for listeriosis, a deadly form of food poisoning. Their...
KSU, EcoQuest team to advance ionization for food safety
Per yesterday's University of Arkansas Food Safety Consortium Media Release, ozone was good, but adding ionization appears to be better when it comes to getting...
Public skeptical of food safety measures, survey finds
Does media such as FoodProductionDaily.com and others overly hype food safety issues to the public? Ahmed ElAmin of Food Production Daily for Decision News Media...
Bringing human genome technology to the dinner table
Paul Elias of the Associated Press reports that Max Rothschild has been trying to "build" a better pig for almost 30 years, since he took...
Take a fresh look at food safety: Partnership For Food Safety Education unveils new evolution of popular Website
Acting on research data that indicates two-thirds of adults turn to the Internet for basic safe food handling information, the Partnership for Food Safety Education...
