Foodborne pathogens - Publisher's Platform: Let's talk Turkey about...
Remember this as you prepare Thanksgiving for your family and as you read this post - it is Food Safety and Inspection Service Mission Statement: Protecting the public's health...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Thanksgiving leftovers - keeping them tasty and safe
Whether you're watching football during the holiday weekend, chilling with family or doing some online shopping, Thanksgiving leftovers are sure to be a part of the plan. To...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Mtb's exotoxin secretion and trafficking mechanism...
Six years ago, Michael Niederweis, Ph.D., described the first known toxin of the deadly pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis , an exotoxin that had gone undetected for 132 years.
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - FDA investigating one new outbreak, continues to look...
The FDA is investigating a new Salmonella outbreak and continues to work on ongoing outbreaks, according to a new report from the agency. Very few details are available on the...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - More than 100 sick in Australia as oysters recalled
Seven Australian states have recorded more than 100 Vibrio illnesses linked to raw oysters from South Australia. There are 56 people sick in South Australia since September and...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Study uncovers mechanism for insensitivity to key...
Malaria is one of the most dangerous infectious diseases. The causative pathogens are microorganisms of the genus Plasmodium.
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Microbiome research opens up new perspectives for...
Agriculture is facing enormous challenges worldwide due to global changes caused by human activities. Drought, severe weather events, record temperatures and emerging pathogens...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Cleaning your refrigerator after a food recall
Recalls happen in the U.S. almost daily. Most consumers know not to eat or drink the recalled products and to throw them out, but one thing that's easy to forget about is...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Campylobacter chicken levels still high at small UK...
The percentage of chicken sold at smaller retailers that is contaminated with high levels of Campylobacter remains above a Food Standards Agency target. A UK-wide survey...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Novel Lyme vaccine shows promise
Researchers have developed a novel vaccine that in guinea pigs offers protection against infection by the bacterium that causes Lyme disease and may also combat other...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - New details behind how the Shigella pathogen delivers...
Scientists have advanced knowledge about how two proteins fit together to form a pore that Shigella uses to invade intestinal cells. Targeting these proteins could hamper...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Omicron: What the Data Really Show
Dr F Perry Wilson summarizes the hard facts about the latest SARS CoV-2 variant, Omicron- transmissibility, pathogenicity, and immune escape potential. Medscape
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - First study of its kind to investigate a high priority...
By understanding the epidemiology and population biology of a significant and high-priority pathogen, Enteroccocus faecium in Irish hospitals, researchers are providing the...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Will Smallpox Be the Next ‘Lab Leak'?
“You should be afraid of the next ‘lab leak.'” So, declares a New York Times headline, November 23, 2021. 1 And they may well be correct. In recent weeks, insinuations hinting...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Grouping of immunological T-cell receptors may be key...
Grouping of pathogen-recognizing proteins on immune T cells may be key to identifying if someone has had an infection in the past, suggests a study published today in eLife.
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Salmonella outbreak case count grows as FDA begins...
Nine more people are sick in a Salmonella outbreak of unknown origin, according to an update from the Food and Drug Administration. The case count for the Salmonella Javiana...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Sweden assesses impact of climate change on food safety
Climate change impacts such as higher average temperatures and more rain or droughts could increase the occurrence of some pathogens, according to a report from the Swedish...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Norway checks Listeria controls at salmon producers;...
Listeria can be found in salmon production environments and on fish, according to a study in Norway. Researchers said fish with low levels of Listeria monocytogenes could enter...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Researchers attacking menacing ‘superbug'
Scientists around the world have been working in earnest to improve understanding of an increasingly virulent superbug, Clostridium difficile. The highly contagious...
View ArticleFoodborne pathogens - Whole Genome Sequencing: Cracking the Genetic Code for...
Increasingly, FDA has used whole genome sequencing to support investigations of foodborne illness outbreaks. Industry is also starting to use whole genome sequencing to monitor...
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