Pet Love
Fatty Acids – The Key to Listeria Control?
By: Freya Preimsberger
In addition to being part of a healthy diet, fatty acids may also be able to neutralize a type of harmful...
Could Your Love Of Cheese Lead to Your Child Having Problems with Fertility?
By: Alice Vo Edwards
I love cheese. From Kraft Mac and Cheese, to string cheese, to quesadillas, or brie on a cracker, I am...
“Hot topic: why food thermometers are essential to good, safe cooking”
By: Eva Frederick
As summer winds to a close, it’s time to usher out the barbecue cookouts and ring in the pot roasts. But...
The Truth of Antibiotic Resistance is Scarier Than Fiction
By: Pooja Sharma
Antibiotics are a class of drugs that curb or restrain the growth of bacteria in both humans as well as animals....
A Farm to Fork Strategy to Food Safety
By: Heather Williams
According to CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy), 40% of all foodborne illnesses reported each year in the United...
Into the Wild
Something Fishy in Sushi? Increase in Incidence of Anisakiasis Parasite Infection in Western Culture
By: Heather Williams
Sushi has become increasingly popular in the United States. Sushi bars and sushi based restaurants are popping up everywhere in metropolitan...
BlueBell Legal Woes
By: Pooja Sharma
Just when we thought that Blue Bell Laboratories has had enough over its outbreak around 3 years ago, two of their...
Listeria in Lettuce: How much protection is enough?
Listeria monocytogenes: How much protection is enough?
By: Ryan Robinson, PhD
Recent studies involving Listeria monocytogenes found in lettuce is causing concern for food safety....
Puppies and Campy?
By: Pooja Sharma
A multi-state outbreak, which has sickened 67 people across US has been linked to puppies at a store called Petland, a...
E. coli Mutates in Stressful Environments
By: Freya Preimsberger
In a study conducted by researchers at the University of Leuven, populations of Escherichia coli bacteria were found to modulate their...
