A new device designed to sample and detect foodborne bacteria is being trialled by scientists at the University of Southampton. The Biolisme project is using research from the University to... Read more
“This is going to help make produce safer” Researchers from Cornell University have identified some agricultural management practices in the field that can either boost or reduce the risk of... Read more
“It’s much better if you test the process as it is working.” On a hot summer day, nothing spells refreshment quite like a slice of juicy, orange cantaloupe. But in summer 2011, cantaloupes r... Read more
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 a... Read more
A litany of food scares A litany of food scares–and rules for organic produce–have pushed the industry to seek new solutions for food safety. Perfectly sanitized dimpled spinach... Read more
Sensitive, uncompromised results in a compact unit After decades of transforming the food processin... Read more
It is relatively new, and holds great promise With Salmonella-tainted ground turkey sickening more than 100 people and Listeria-contaminated cantaloupes killing 15 this year, the ability to... Read more
University of Minnesota researchers have discovered and received a patent for a naturally occurring lantibiotic — a peptide produced by a harmless bacteria — that could be added... Read more