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Food safety detection with a smartphone
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a new food safety test that is faster and more cost-effective than other tests already on the market
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Food poisoning linked to risk of Crohn’s: study
McMaster researchers found that people who retain a certain bacterium in their gut after food poisoning may be at higher risk for Crohn’s disease
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Water droplets could be next weapon in fight against food pathogens
Scientists at Harvard have engineered water droplets into tiny chemical-free “bombs” that when they bounce on toxic microorganisms, they zap them out of existence
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Study finds most types of chicken carry antibiotic-resistant E. coli
A U.S. team of researchers looking at various raw chicken samples concludes it’s difficult to find chicken without antibiotic-resistant E. coli
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Spray on antimicrobial
Beefxide, Porkxide and Lambxide from Birko are antimicrobial interventions that can be sprayed on to reduce bacteria
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Zap it!
Exposure to an electrical field can kill harmful bacteria in foods, says scientist at Purdue University
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Canadian team develops new E. coli test
Researchers in Alberta teamed up to develop an E. coli test for food processing facilities that is “better, faster and cheaper than other tests” on the market
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JBS acquires XL Foods
After taking over management of XL Foods last October amidst Canada’s largest beef recall, JBS Canada Inc. is now exercising its option to acquire the business
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XL Foods to open Oct. 29 with limited production to start
JBS USA, the company managing the XL Foods Inc. plant at the heart of a massive beef recall, hopes to have it running at full capacity in a couple of weeks
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Troubled beef processing plant taken over
JBS takes over management of XL Foods plant at centre of E. coli contamination
