News tagged with food borne pathogens


New, more effective nisin antibiotics combat superbugs and food diseases

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at University College Cork have used bioengineering to produce a new generation of natural antibiotics that target harmful micro-organisms such as MRSA and the food-borne pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes.





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Red wine and grape juice help defend against food-borne diseases

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 11, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (24) | comments 0

Red wine is known to have multiple health benefits. Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have found that red wine may also protect humans from common food-borne diseases.


New UGA invention effectively kills foodborne pathogens in minutes

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 2

University of Georgia researchers have developed an effective technology for reducing contamination of dangerous bacteria on food. The new antimicrobial wash rapidly kills Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7 on foods ranging from ...


Technology uses live cells to detect food-borne pathogens, toxins

Technology uses live cells to detect food-borne pathogens, toxins

Chemistry /

created Feb 29, 2008 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers have developed a new technology that can simultaneously screen thousands of samples of food or water for several dangerous food-borne pathogens in one to two hours.


Field of germs: Food safety is in farm worker's hands

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The recent salmonella outbreak linked to 575 illnesses and eight deaths across 43 states was shown to come from a dirty peanut processing plant in Georgia. And while it is essential for food processing plants to be clean ...


UGA licenses invention that kills food-borne pathogens in minutes

UGA licenses invention that kills food-borne pathogens in minutes

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new technology that kills dangerous pathogens on food at home and in restaurants, grocery stores, beverage-manufacturing and food-processing facilities has been licensed to the maker of FIT Fruit and Vegetable ...


PANTHER sensor quickly detects pathogens

PANTHER sensor quickly detects pathogens

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 04, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory have developed a powerful sensor that can detect airborne pathogens such as anthrax and smallpox in less than three minutes.


Study finds new way deadly food-borne bacteria spread

Study finds new way deadly food-borne bacteria spread

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

University of Central Florida Microbiology Professor Keith Ireton has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that plays an important role in the spread of a deadly food-borne bacterium.


CDC: US food poisoning cases held steady in 2008

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Americans didn't suffer more food poisoning last year despite high-profile outbreaks involving peppers, peanut butter and other foods, according to a government report released Thursday.


Pigs raised without antibiotics more likely to carry bacteria, parasites

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 11, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

While consumers are increasing demand for pork produced without antibiotics, more of the pigs raised in such conditions carry bacteria and parasites associated with food-borne illnesses, according to a new study.


New study finds confidence in food safety plunges in wake of peanut butter contamination

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fewer than one in four consumers now believe the U.S. food supply is safer than it was a year ago, according to new data from the University of Minnesota's Food Industry Center.



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