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ISU researchers develop technique for quick detection of salmonella

Where did the problem start? Can it be contained? Is the sickness likely to spread?Iowa State University researchers have developed a technique for testing for the presence of salmonella that ...

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If Avian Flu Hits, Look for Drop in U.S. Poultry Market

Kansas State University surveyed 2,000 people by mail in Wichita, Kan., and Los Angeles – 1,000 in each city – to find out their reactions to various food safety situations. About 30 percent responded...

Agricultural and Forestry Science |

How Salmonella bacteria contaminate salad leaves – it’s not rocket science

The new study shows how some Salmonella bacteria use the long stringy appendages they normally use to help them ‘swim’ and move about to attach themselves to salad leaves and other vegetables, causing...

Life Sciences |

Food Scientists Confirm the Effectiveness of Commercial Product in Killing Bacteria in Vegetable Washwater

The product, sold commercially as FIT Fruit and Vegetable Wash, not only proved much more effective than the commonly used chlorine dioxide but is made from ingredients like citric acid and distilled ...

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IFST updated Information Statement on Verocytotoxin-producing E. coli Food Poisoning and its Prevention

Foodborne illness caused by verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) - sometimes also referred to as shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) or enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) - was first recogn...

Agricultural and Forestry Science |

Lettuce, leafy greens and E. coli

“The only land suitable for supplying this abundance of year-round, high quality, fresh leafy vegetables, which are eaten raw by large populations in Europe and the United States, is in special geogra...

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Genomic comparison of lactic acid bacteria published

With public concerns at a fevered pitch over the bacterial contamination of spinach, it is easy to lose track of how bland and deprived our world would be without the contribution to our food supply o...

Life Sciences |

Alternatives to the use of nitrate as a fertiliser

The current use of nitrates as a nitrogenated fertiliser in intensive farming has given rise to environmental problems such as the contamination of water or the degradation of the ozone layer. There a...

Agricultural and Forestry Science |

Bugs dress salad

Harmful bugs may lurk within leaves. Healthy salad greens could be contaminated with bacteria that cause food poisoning, despite thorough rinsing. New research shows that harmf...

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