Latest Listeria Stories

An Australian-based company has vowed to do everything in its power to help educate the general public and the food industry with listeriosis prevention methods. Palm Beach, QLD (PRWEB) May 11, 2013 Food-born illnesses like listeriosis can appear without warning, but representatives with Food Safety Today (http://foodsafetytoday.com.au) announced today that it will now provide extensive training and guidance on how to safely handle food. “What we’re offering the only nationally...

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers and retailers who purchased raw milk and raw milk cheese from Stump Acres Dairy in New Salem, York County, should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today said raw milk collected during an April 24 investigation of the farm tested positive for the bacteria. The testing process for Listeria can take up to 10 days. Raw milk is...

Novel approach using Listeria bacteria shows promise against a deadly disease BRONX, N.Y., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a therapy for pancreatic cancer that uses Listeria bacteria to selectively infect tumor cells and deliver radioisotopes into them. The experimental treatment dramatically decreased the number of metastases (cancers that have spread to other parts of the body) in a...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Bacteria commonly linked to uncooked poultry, raw milk and seafood from warm coastal waters is causing a rise in food-borne illnesses, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Tuesday. Food-borne illnesses attributed to the bacterium Campylobacter, which typically originates from raw or undercooked poultry and raw milk products, rose by 14% last year compared with five years ago, accounting for more than one-third...

Marshfield Food Safety, LLC adopts the Atlas System, an innovative fully automated molecular system for food pathogen detection WARREN, N.J., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Roka Bioscience announced today that Marshfield Food Safety, LLC (MFS) has integrated the Atlas® System into its food safety testing operations. MFS, an independent testing laboratory owned by Marshfield Clinic and headquartered in Marshfield, Wisconsin, has implemented the Atlas System at two of its eleven...

After 12 months of data compilation and research, Food Sentry, the recently launched global food source monitoring service, has released a preliminary analysis showing some of the most frequent international food safety violators. Albuquerque, New Mexico (PRWEB) April 03, 2013 After 12 months of data compilation and research, Food Sentry, the recently launched global food source monitoring service, has released a preliminary analysis showing some of the most frequent international food...

DUBLIN, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Food Micro, Sixth Edition - Food Microbiology Testing in Europe" [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9h2bm2/food_micro_sixth ] report to their offering. Food Micro, Sixth Edition: Food Microbiology Testing in Europe (Food Micro6) is the first definitive report to focus exclusively on the European food microbiology testing market. Food Micro6 reviews the methods,...

Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories adopts the Atlas System, an innovative fully automated molecular system for food pathogen detection WARREN, N.J., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Roka Bioscience announced today adoption of the Atlas® System at Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories, Inc. (MVTL). MVTL, a private independent testing laboratory headquartered in New Ulm, Minnesota, has implemented the Atlas System along with the Atlas Listeria Detection Assay and the Atlas Salmonella...

OTTAWA, Feb. 21, 2013 /CNW/ - Health Canada is reminding Canadians that the only reliable way to make sure their meat, poultry, fish and seafood dishes reach safe internal cooking temperatures before serving is to use a digital food thermometer. There are many different types of food thermometers currently available on the Canadian market, but digital ones are considered the most accurate because they provide instant and exact temperature readings. While we often look for...

BOSTON, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new joint study by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada about increasingly popular soft raw milk cheeses like brie and camembert is "full of holes," according to food and business author David Gumpert. The 189-page report, "Joint FDA / Health Canada Quantitative Assessment of the Risk of Listeriosis from Soft-Ripened Cheese Consumption in the United States and Canada", concludes there is "a 50- to 160-fold increase in the...