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PlantForm, AAFC research project targets E. coli infection in pigs
PlantForm Corporation has teamed up with scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and Western University to develop an edible antibody therapeutic that protects human and animal health by preventing E. coli 0157 infection in pigs. The two-year project is…
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Effective Wednesday Oct. 7 – new import requirement for romaine from parts of California
From 2016 to 2019, romaine lettuce from California was linked to outbreaks of E. coli illnesses in the USA and Canada. Food safety investigations by Canadian and US authorities identified the Salinas Valley growing region as a recurring source of…
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CFIA notice to industry: Advice on romaine lettuce
Further to its Statement issued on November 26, 2018, and as part of the ongoing investigation into the outbreak of E. coli illnesses linked to romaine lettuce, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising distributors, importers, restaurants, retailers, and institutions not to…
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Canada and U.S. issue warnings about E.coli in romaine lettuce
Public health officials in the U.S. and Canada issued a warning Tuesday against eating romaine lettuce while they investigate an outbreak of E. coli that has sickened 50 people in the two countries. The alerts cover all forms of romaine,…
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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
