Purac is promoting its lactic acid products as a means of curbing E. coli after EFSA gave a positive opinion on using lactic acid treatment to decontaminate beef.
The recent spate of 1000s of E. coli infectionsin Europe – with no known treatment – that sprang from contaminated vegetables could be reduced in occurrence and severity by probiotics, in vitro trials demonstrate.
Scientists at the USDA have found that modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) provides consumers with the best protection against the food safety threat of E. coli in shredded lettuce.
UK food safety watchdog, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to review strategies designed to reduce the shedding of E. coli 0157 by ruminant livestock.
Researchers claim to have discovered a method to eliminate bacteria in packaged foods such as spinach and tomatoes, a process that could reduce the number of food-borne outbreaks linked to the produce.
A new enumeration technique ensures rapid and convenient confirmation of Escherichia coli colonies in food and liquid products, claims the manufacturer.
Econiche, a new vaccine for cattle that aims to reduce the risk of food and waterborne contamination from E. coli O157:H7 bacteria, has received approval from the Canadian regulator.
A US meatpacker has recalled about 188,000 pounds of ground beef
and other products because of E. coli bacteria concerns; and
higher-than-normal levels of naturally occuring cyanide were found
in a cassava cracker product in Australia.
Due to increased demand, Leatherhead has expanded its testing
services and research into Escherichia coli and Clostridium
botulinum, two of the deadliest foodborne pathogens.
Decontamination techniques developed by government scientists for
the meat sector has helped to dramatically lower the incidence of
foodborne diseases, says the country's agriculture department.
In the wake of the e coli outbreak due to contaminated spinach,
suppliers are rushing in toprovide processors with the tools they
might need to improve the safety of their packaged products.
Food safety experts are meeting in Dublin, Ireland this week to
discuss international standards they hope will cut back on the
rising number of infections caused by the deadly enterohaemorrhagic
Escherichia coli (EHEC) bacteria.
A slaughterhouse partially owned by meat supplier Gilde was
contaminated with a virulent strain of the E. coli bacteria that
hospitalized about a dozen children and resulted in one death,
Norway's food safety authority said yesterday.
The UK's FSA is holding a two-day review of its domestic sector
hygiene research programme as part of its wider evaluation of
microbiological safety research programmes.
The humble and much-maligned slug, a common garden pest and victim
of numerous salt attacks, could be a factor in the spread of E.
coli in salad vegetables.
The UK's health protection regulator has pointed the finger at
imported food as the potential source of a deadly E. coli superbug,
which has already killed 83 people in the country.
Food makers will be encouraged by a new report that reveals food
safety actions along the supply chain appear to be paying off, with
new figures from the US government showing cases of the harmful
food pathogen E.coli have fallen...
Improving the food industry's understanding of the potentially
deadly food pathogen E coli, scientists in the UK identify the key
event that originally transformed a harmless bacteria into a
transporter of foodborne infection.
New techniques to minimise the risk of the harmful food pathogen E.
coli in the food chain sees the launch of rapid detection system
that could speed up identification and reduce costs for the meat
industry.
US scientists confirm that food products contaminated with the
serious foodborne pathogen Escherichia coli were responsible
for a multi-state outbreak of urinary tract infections.
Meat production could become a whole lot safer and more hygienic if
the findings of a current research project into a dangerous strain
of E. coli prove conclusive.
Enterobacter sakazakii, a bacterium that can be dangerous to
premature babies and young infants, could be more widespread than
previously thought, according to recent research published in this
week's issue of The Lancet. In...
New tests that slice off the time taken to identify dangerous
strains of the harmful bacteria Escherichia coli are the
focus of new research from US government scientists.
Researchers working in Canada have discovered that an optimal UV
irradiation system can be developed for individual food products,
taking into account the UV transmittance of each product. These
findings, published in the Journal...
In our first news of the day from the Society for General
Microbiology's meeting in the UK this week, scientists from the
Institute for Animal Health announced progress towards controlling
the deadly E. coli bacterium that causes...
US food irradiation specialists Surebeam and Food Technology have
both announced quarterly results which indicate that, despite the
recent E. coli outbreaks, uptake of irradiation is still not widely
accepted in the US.
The US Agriculture Department, trying to repair its image after the
second-largest recall in history, is considering new regulations
that would require meat companies to implement more food safety
safeguards, consumer groups said...
Scientists are developing a hand-held sensor they say will help
save lives by quickly pinpointing the presence of a deadly E. coli
strain and other harmful germs in food and drinks, in some cases
within minutes.
Researchers at the Cornell University's Department of Food Science
and Technology have developed a sensor, which employs liposomes, to
rapidly detect E. coli bacteria, the Institute of Food
Technologists reports this week.
Scientists announced this week that they are developing an edible
vaccine that could stop the E. coli bacteria where it starts - in
cattle and other...
