A new Salmonella serotype that first caused illness in Greece has spread to three other countries, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
There has been a 17% decline in laboratory reports of Campylobacter cases compared to the baseline figure, according to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Internationally comparable Salmonella Enteritidis MLVA results could be seen between labs often using different equipment, according to a validation study.
An outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis in France linked to beefburgers imported from Poland is one of the first to involve food banks, according to researchers.
Labs must improve in certain parameters to ensure inter-laboratory comparison of PFGE profiles, according to European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) findings.
Eleven Salmonella isolates with an unusual antigenic type have been identified by the National Reference Laboratory for Salmonella and Shigella (NRLSS) in Greece.
Delays in a Salmonella outbreak investigation which sickened more than 200 people in Italy could have affected the identification of a food vehicle, according to researchers.
An outbreak investigation into spices which has sickened 178 people in Sweden has revealed a risk of contaminated products on the market in other countries.
Two outbreaks of Salmonella linked to raw, frozen, breaded and pre-browned stuffed chicken entrees have sickened seven people, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Following outbreaks in real-time using DNA sequencing techniques is being tested at the New York State Department of Health's Wadsworth Center Laboratories.
Action to tackle Salmonella from primary production to consumption has made important progress in the last decade but challenges remain, according to an editorial in Eurosurveillance.
Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) is the gold standard for high discriminatory typing of Salmonella and the only generic method for typing all serovars, according to an EU report.
Salmonella typing results from public health national reference laboratories in the EU are ‘encouraging’, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Foodborne sickness salmonella enterica’s growing resistance to drug treatment has been highlighted in a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Researchers have found cold atmospheric plasmas (CAP) can tackle Salmonella but the bacteria can ‘hide’ in the bumps of strawberries and the pores in lettuce leaves.
A technique using high-power pulsed light is a fast, effective and green solution for combating food pathogens on chicken in a food processing environment, according to a new study.
UK safety authorities have highlighted a trebling in the number of salmonella cases reported this year– with eggs imported from Spain investigated as one possible source for almost a third of incidences.
Analysis of fresh, whole broilers bought in the US revealed that 83
per cent harboredCampylobacter or Salmonella, a spike from the 49
per cent level found in 2003, according to Consumer Reports
magazine.
