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A recent study has expanded upon the available knowledge about Arcobacter, an emerging foodborne pathogen that causes human illness, revealing findings related to Arcobacter’s food sources, virulence and biofilm formation traits, and genetic characterization.

Traditionally, food safety issues associated with alcoholic beverages focus on chemical or physical hazards from the processing line. Intoxication with alcoholic beverages, as it relates to food safety, is less reported in the literature. However, the addition of cheap methanol to illicitly produced liquor—a rising issue in Asia—is increasingly being studied as a food safety and food adulteration issue.

A recent study suggests that S. Kentucky isolates with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes may originate from food consumed or imported from outside of the U.S.

This article examines control strategies for Clostridium botulinum in fresh-cut produce and the line between good manufacturing practices (GMPs) and C. botulinum control in the food safety plan.

Salmonella prevalence has decreased significantly in the past three decades due to processing changes, but human illness cases from Salmonella have not decreased proportionally. To understand and eventually reduce the risk of salmonellosis from poultry meat, it is necessary to understand the poultry production system, the introduction of the microorganism into the poultry ecosystem (as well as its gastrointestinal tract), the sources of Salmonella during production, and, subsequently, strategies to control or reduce the risk from this microorganism at both the pre-and post-harvest stages.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued final guidance for shell egg producers on how to comply with certain provisions in its Egg Rule that is designed to prevent Salmonella Enteritidis contamination of shell eggs.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its annual Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program Report for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 2020).

A recent Swedish study explores the relationship between the incidence of campylobacteriosis and the prevalence of Campylobacter in poultry broilers.

On Tuesday morning at the 2022 International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) Annual Meeting, leading industry academics discussed the topic of enteric virus persistence in low-moisture foods.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) will soon declare Salmonella to be an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products.