Dr. Tong Zhao, UGA Center for Food Safety, inoculates Salmonella onto chicken wings. Researchers discovered using a wash treatment containing levulinic acid together with sodium dodecyl sulfate was effective at
The beef industry has invested millions of dollars in food-safety research to reduce or eliminate the threat of foodborne illness from ground beef contaminated with deadly bacteria such as E.
In mid-May, Mexico’s agriculture department announced that the influenza strain that infected more than 4,000 people in 33 countries did not originate from hogs at a Smithfield Foods operation that
Tough economic times can cause some companies put the business of standing out and succeeding at a lower standard than they would during better days. West Liberty Foods LLC, on
Germ WarfareSponsored by DuPont Qualicon Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria) is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular opportunistic pathogen, which is ubiquitous to the environment. Listeria is often transmitted through contaminated food and causes a
Germ WarfareSponsored by DuPont Qualicon A Minnesota company won federal support last month to become the first in the country to market an E. coli vaccine for cattle. Epitopix LLC was
Poultry quality depends upon disease-free birds. Disease-causing microorganisms and pathogens, including bacteria and viruses, are carried through vectors (living organisms that transmit pathogens). Frequently these vectors are the people who
We live in world where we are not the ultimate organism. We live in a world that is mostly populated by bacteria, which are either beneficial, detrimental, and/or inconsequential to
From USDA-FSIS annual reportsIn recent years, there has been increasing interest in using the E. coli O157:H7 results as an indicator of industry trends or as a measure of program
Pest control is of utmost importance to meat and poultry processors, but it also must be a top priority for growers, as shown by one study on the impact of