Propolis, the waxy resin collected by honeybees and currently
marketed for its health benefits, could also find use as a
natural food preservative, suggests new research.
Increases in foodborne illnesses from salmonella and
escherichia coli during 2006 could be due to outbreaks in
previously unaffected food such as peanut butter and spinach,
according to the findings of a new report.
A antimicrobial water additive has become the first of its kind to
receive registration under the Environmental Protection Agency
rules, according to the manufacturer.
A mixture of harmless bacteria helps food companies eliminate
almost all of the common pathogens found in ground beef and other
meat products, according to scientists.
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 FDA has issued a letter of guidance to the California lettuce
industry in an attempt to stem the continuing human disease
outbreaks linked to the consumption of fresh produce.
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.
Stopping the distribution of contaminated foods from the farm to
the fork is a ceaseless challenge for the food industry that relies
heavily on technology to identify any anomalies.
New techniques to minimise the risk of harmful food pathogen E.
coli in fermented dry sausages could be on the way as scientists
find acidic conditions encountered during the digestive process may
not be enough to inactivate some...
US meat packing firm Packerland is conducting a voluntary recall of
59,000 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli
0157:H7 bacteria.
A better insight into how harmful food pathogens such as E.coli and
Salmonella survive on fresh fruits and vegetables is the key to
stemming the rising tide of human disease outbreaks linked to fresh
produce.
Vaccines to combat a number of foodborne pathogens such as Listeria
could be commercially available in the near future, a breakthrough
which would "greatly enhance human health and wellbeing
worldwide," according to US researchers.
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.
Calcium could help the body fight E coli, the bacteria often
responsible for traveller's diarrhea, and a cause of illness in
children and the elderly in developing countries, suggests new
research from the Netherlands.
Consumer groups, keen to a void a repeat of the massive ConAgra
beef recall, have called on the USDA to tighten food safety
controls at meat processing plants, a move branded as unnecessary
by officials.