Tag: bacteria
Americas: 3M releases detection test for E. coli O157
#M Food Safety launches the 3M Molecular Detection Assay 2 – E. coli O157 (including H7), adding to a line of next-generation tests which...
Asia Pacific: Australian US$12M smokehouse gets resin floor from Flowcrete
The Australian food manufacturing design specialist Wiley specified a high performance resin floor from Flowcrete for a US$12 million smokehouse.
The flooring project at the...
Europe: Probi acquires license for new probiotic strains
Probi has signed an agreement with the Swedish biotech company, Probac, to acquire a license for two probiotic strains for use in food applications,...
Europe: EU faces rising antimicrobial resistance, warns authorities
Bacteria in humans, food and animals continue to show resistance to the most widely used antimicrobials, says the latest report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR)...
Americas: Corbion Purac launches natural cured meat solution
Corbion Purac launches Verdad Avanta C100, an optimized powder formulation that provides 90-120 days of Listeria control and extends shelf life for natural uncured...
Europe: Research quantifies Clostridium botulinum spores in raw food materials
A study from the Institute of Food Research (IFR) has provided new evidence on the background levels of spores of Clostridium botulinum in raw...
Europe: Anti-bacterial foam packaging using bio-mimicry released
Turkish food packaging company Erze Ambalaj and biochemistry developer Parx Plastics from The Netherlands have released an antimicrobial foam packaging using technology derived from...
Americas: Multistate foodborne disease outbreaks sicken thousands, finds report
Multistate outbreaks cause more than half of all deaths in foodborne disease outbreaks despite accounting for 3% of reported outbreaks in the US, according...
Europe: Report finds considerably fewer resistant bacteria in broiler meat
Considerably fewer resistant extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) bacteria were found in Danish and imported broiler meat in 2014 compared with the year before.
It is the...
Americas: Salad greens can be cleaner, say researchers
Cross contamination in commercial processing facilities that prepare spinach and other leafy greens for the market can make people sick.
And researchers reported a new,...