FSIS and Empire Kosher Poultry Inc. are issuing a public health alert out of an abundance of caution due to concerns about Salmonella illnesses reported in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic U.S.
After a series of salmonellosis outbreaks linked to ground beef that occurred annually from 2011 to 2013, FSIS released a two-year Salmonella action plan that contained 10 objectives or activities, including: "Explore the contribution of lymph nodes to Salmonella contamination" and "Pre-harvest related activities."
Micreos announces the results of a newly published scientific study which found that PhageGuard S, is more effective than lactic acid (LA) and peracetic acid (PAA).
Research and development of the CERTUS Environmental Salmonella assay begins, providing an in-house solution to detect one of the world’s leading causes of food-borne pathogen illness.