An improved Listeria agar has been developed according to an article in rapidmicrobiology. I have no experience of this media and I am just forwarding the information on the product.
HardyCHROM™ Listeria is a chromogenic medium recommended for the selective isolation, differentiation, and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes from food and environmental samples by colony color and appearance
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An article in Food Production Daily has reported on a new methodology being developed by the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT). The system includes a pathogen decontamination system incorporated into the packaging for fresh fruit and vegetables. This system will not effect the product within the packaging and involves passing electricity through normal food packaging lined with plasma. The technology is expected to be available within two years, for the full article see the link above within the text.
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The FSA are warning people about Salmonella contamination of Paan/Betel leaves, since August a large proportion of these leaves imported from India and Bangladesh have had Salmonella contamination. Although no illness has been recorded yet border agencies and high commissions have been put on alert.
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You may find one or more of these fact sheets from the EFSA useful. They are quite brief and relatively easy to digest.
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Although testing of pet food in the UK and Ireland has been undertaken for many years an article in the Chicago Tribune has reported that it is just being started in the US. Apparently many people do turn to pet food and treats as nourishment !!
In Pennsylvania in 2006-2007 – 70 people got sick from eating Salmonella contaminated dog food……………………….. its a strange world, full article below.
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An article in Food Navigator USA has reported on research in the US that has found a particular compound in honey that may be effective against species of the bacteria Bacillus and Listeria including Listeria monocytogenes.
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After the recent concerns with a certain batch of almond stuffed olives in Finland, UK and Ireland a voluntary recall of the products has been put in place in the USA. One person has already died from the toxin in this product, see the full article at the link below.
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The CDC has published some information about estimated food illness in the USA for 2011, it concludes that 48 million people in the USA will get ill, 128,000 will be hospitalised and 3,000 will die.
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The FDA published this leaflet a couple of months ago to try to help combat the rise in Listeriosis in the USA. If may be of use to small manufactures and home based production units. There are lots of ‘Z’s’ in the text but that’s the American way!
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This food safety management pack has been developed by the FSA to help retail businesses across the UK comply with food hygiene regulations. It can be downloaded from the link to the FSA web site and you can also order packs from that page as well.
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