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In any facility where animals are raised, especially for food production, a considerable amount of effort goes into completing one of many goals: preventing E. coli from getting anywhere it’s not supposed to be. To a certain degree, E. coli is inevitable; it naturally exists harmlessly in the intestines of people and animals. The problem […] Share this:March 15th, 2018 | Category: Animal safety, Food industry | Tags: beef cattle, biosecurity, E. coli, E. coli in cows, Escherichia coli, foodborne pathogen, O157:H7, Shiga toxin, water trough, waterlines | Comments are closed E. coli It has long been somewhat of a mystery why some people get extremely sick and even die after being infected by the foodborne pathogen E. coli O157:H7, while others experience much milder symptoms and recover relatively quickly. Researchers from Penn State University recently concluded a four-year study on this matter and believe […] Share this:September 22nd, 2015 | Category: Food industry | Tags: E. coli bacteria, E. coli O157:H7, E.coli, E.coli O157:H7 "shiga" toxin, food industry, Food safety, food safety solutions, foodborne pathogen, gut microbiome, intestines, nonpathogenic E. coli, pathogenic, pathogenic E. coli O157:H7, Penn State University, serotype | Comments are closed After a year-long program of testing fresh chickens at supermarkets and butchers in Europe, The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is reporting that 73% of the poultry they tested was positive for Campylobacter, a potentially lethal foodborne pathogen. A recent article reports that more than 4,000 samples of fresh, whole, chilled chickens were collected for testing […] Share this:May 29th, 2015 | Category: Food industry | Tags: Campylobacter, chicken-processing sector, food industry, food safety solutions, foodborne illness, foodborne pathogen, poultry processing sector, The Food Standards Agency | Comments are closed If you were not familiar with Listeria before, there’s a good chance you are now due to the recent recalls of ice cream and hummus which were both recently found to be contaminated with the pathogen. The contaminated ice cream has been linked to several cases of illness and three death within the U.S., while […] Share this:April 29th, 2015 | Category: Food industry | Tags: food industry, food recalls, Food safety, foodborne illness, foodborne pathogen, hummus recall, ice cream recall, Listeria, Listeria contamination, U.S. Centers for Disease Control | Comments are closed A new study is showing that eating the skinless inner kernels of peanuts may improve a person’s gut bacteria and their ability to ward off E. coli and Salmonella infections. Published in the Journal of Food Science, researchers at the University of Maryland say this is because skinless peanuts have a prebiotic-like effect and the […] Share this:March 19th, 2015 | Category: Food industry | Tags: E.coli, food industry, foodborne illness, foodborne pathogen, heart disease, peanut allergy, peanuts, Salmonella | Comments are closed Your favorite deli sandwich may come with an unexpected side, according to a new study that took thousands of samples at retail delis around the U.S and found some of the highest rates of the foodborne pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes ever recorded. In healthy individuals, eating food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may lead to common food […] Share this:February 19th, 2015 | Category: Food industry | Tags: food industry, Food safety, foodborne illness, foodborne pathogen, Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes, listeriosis | Comments are closed Listeria is a common family of bacteria that can be found in the soil, water and even in some animals (including poultry and cattle). One member of the Listeria family is one of the major foodborne pathogens—alongside Salmonella and E. coli 0157:H7—and also one of the more dangerous ones, as it can survive not only […] Share this:July 23rd, 2014 | Category: Animal safety, Food industry | Tags: clean food, disease, Food and Drug Administration, food concerns, food industry, food inspection, food preparation, Food safety, food safety tips, foodborne illness, foodborne pathogen, history, L. monocytogenes, Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes, listeriosis, pathogen, preventing foodborne illness | Comments are closed |
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