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Americas: Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs is an ongoing threat, says...

Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs, an ongoing public health threat, continued to show both positive and challenging trends in 2013, according to human illness...

Americas: Avian flu in US to cost nearly US$310M, says analyst

Losses in poultry production and related businesses due to avian influenza are estimated at US$309.9 million in Greater Minnesota, according to a newly released...

Americas: Some foodborne infections decreased in 2014, says CDC

In 2014, rates of infection from a serious form of E. coli and one of the more common Salmonella serotypes decreased compared with the...

Europe: Ebola virus is not transmittable through food, says EFSA

There is no evidence that the Ebola virus can be transmitted through food in the European Union (EU), according to European Food Safety Authority...

Europe: UK authority releases report in food viruses

The Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) has published its extensive review of viruses in the food chain. The report, which is...

Americas: USP proposes documents into Food Chemicals Codex, introduces guidance on...

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is proposing new monographs and introducing the Guidance on Food Fraud Mitigation to be included in its Food Chemicals...

Americas: Arrayit, USDA partner on food safety detection system

Arrayit Corporation has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement or CRADA with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), where the company and the...

Europe: German company, hospital to develop human-milk-oligosaccharides to prevent Norovirus

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Germany will support the development of human-milk-oligosaccharides by Jennewein Biotechnologie for the prevention of Norovirus within...

Asia Pacific: FAO calls for continued vigilance over avian influenza virus...

A recently-emerged strain of avian influenza virus in poultry in Southeast Asia known as A(H5N6) represents a new threat to animal health and livelihoods...