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Ciguatera fish poisoning underreported in Florida
30 June 2015 | By Victoria White
A new study has found that the number of people in Florida who are sickened by a rare, dangerous food-borne toxin, ciguatera, has been underreported...
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Hygiene supplement 2015
30 June 2015 | By New Food magazine
In our latest Hygiene supplement: contributions from the EHEDG on hygienic design for food factories; and Vikan on decontamination of food industry cleaning brushware...
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Neogen launches AccuPoint Advanced
9 June 2015 | By Neogen Europe
Neogen's enhanced AccuPoint ATP Hygiene Monitoring System is the most sensitive and consistent hygiene monitoring system available...
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New microscope technique could speed up identification of deadly bacteria
8 June 2015 | By Victoria White
A new way of rapidly identifying bacteria, which requires a slight modification to a microscope, may help the food industry screen against contamination...
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FSA publishes results from year-long survey of campylobacter on fresh chickens
28 May 2015 | By Victoria White
The FSA has published the final set of results from its year-long survey of campylobacter, a food bug mainly found on raw poultry and on fresh chickens...
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FSA launches ‘Chicken Challenge’ to help reduce the number of campylobacter food poisoning cases in the UK
18 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Up to a third of the UK population could contract food poisoning from campylobacter during their lifetime, according to new figures released by the FSA...
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IFR study provides new insights into Clostridium spores
13 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers at the Institute of Food Research (IFR) have established how clostridia bacteria emerge from clostridium spores...
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Food safety will be the focus of World Health Day 2015
2 April 2015 | By Victoria White
World Health Day will highlight the challenges and opportunities associated with food safety under the slogan “From farm to plate, make food safe"...
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Food Safety supplement 2015
9 March 2015 | By New Food magazine
In this Food Safety supplement Sophia Kathariou and Hannah Bolinger discuss the food safety implications of antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter, and François Bourdichon looks at zoning classification in the food processing area...
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Salmonella and Campylobacter show significant levels of resistance to common antimicrobials in humans and animals
27 February 2015 | By The European Food Safety Authority
Treatment options for some of the most common food-borne infections are decreasing, as types of bacteria (called ‘isolates’) continue to show resistance to antimicrobial drugs...
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Campylobacter survey: cumulative results from the first nine months
26 February 2015 | By The Food Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency has published the latest set of results from its year-long survey of campylobacter on fresh chickens...
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Use of whole genome sequencing of food-borne pathogens for public health protection
17 February 2015 | By European Food Safety Authority
About 90 leading scientists, representatives of international and European organisations and national food safety authorities gathered in Parma, Italy, to discuss the use of the whole genome sequencing of foodborne pathogens for the protection of public health...
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Campylobacteriosis cases stable, listeriosis cases continue to rise, say EFSA and ECDC
30 January 2015 | By European Food Safety Authority
Campylobacteriosis infections reported in humans have now stabilised, after several years of an increasing trend, but it is still the most commonly reported foodborne disease in the EU...
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Issue #6 2014 – Digital edition
In this issue: Mass spectrometry, Chocolate Processing, Hygiene, Lipids, Cold Chain, Dairy Processing, Baking, and much more...
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Hygienic processing for the baking industry
23 December 2014 | By Bolletje
With a heritage dating back almost 150 years, Dutch family bakery Bolletje launched in the city of Almelo in 1867 and by 1927 had become one of the largest rusk-making factories in Holland. In today’s market, with sales based throughout Europe and more than 500 employees, Bolletje is one of…
