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The food safety community has spent much of the past few years discussing a perceived increase in foodborne illness outbreaks — and the actual increase in food recalls due to them. We know that the apparent increase is simply attributable to better reporting methods and technologies that make it easier to catch outbreaks and spread […]
The latest matchmaking app to hit smartphones is like many others: swipe one way for a match, swipe another to reject. The only problem is that it’s a little hard for the targets being matched to swipe with their hooves.
Tudder is an app that allows farmers to swipe through pictures of cattle that might […]
In a food production or processing plant, the seek-and-destroy method is a technique for finding niches that harbor bacterial pathogens, like the particularly tricky Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono). If detected, the contaminated area can be totally cleaned and disinfected, eradicating the pathogen.
It’s an approach to environmental monitoring that has been increasingly encouraged as the […]
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” This quote from business magnate Warren Buffett, adorning the cubicle walls of public relations and communications experts everywhere, should also hold a place in the heart of food safety managers. In an era of rapidly spreading information, food safety incidents […]
Blockchain: from the tech industry to the food industry, it seems like all anybody’s talking about anymore. The technology’s role in food supply chain traceability has been a hot topic for the past year or so, and now it’s starting to transition from the realm of discussion to reality.
Walmart has announced that by September […]
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that has seen an exponential soar in price over the last 30 days, pushing its underlying technology further into the mainstream. The technology, which supports Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies like it, is called blockchain, and it could revolutionize food chain traceability in the coming years.
According to The Economist, “(Blockchain) in […]
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Fewer heifers in feedyards – Drovers Cattle Network
While the latest U.S. Cattle on Feed report showed total inventory in U.S. feedlots with capacity for 1,000 or more head […]
New to Neogen’s list of products and services for its customers is the NeoMyco app. Designed to give you the latest news in the agricultural world, this free app is available for download through Apple’s iStore and Android’s Google Play.
Use this app to access the latest
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[ SPANISH ] By 2050, the world population is expected to top 9.6 billion people. Currently, the world sits at just over 7 billion. Most of the projected growth is predicted to be in developing countries, particularly on the continent of Africa. While the United Nations (UN) does say that world population growth has slowed […]
[ SPANISH ] Welcome to another week! You know what that means — your weekly must-know stories, featured in our Monday Links. From global to local issues, we like to cover it all at Neogen. What’s going on in the world? Read on to find out:
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