The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a webinar on April 13 on its Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan, which covered scientific context for the plan and its four core priorities.
Whole genome sequencing of Enterococcus faecium presents the theoretical possibility of probiotics in swine and cattle production as a source of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
The Environmental Working Group has released its 2022 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, which ranks popular fruits and vegetables by their pesticide residue levels.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) recently published a study that observed the evolution of certain shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 strains over 23 years.
Spain has relaxed its regulations of chlorpyrifos and dichlorvos in imported maize, despite recommendations by the European Food Safety Authority, to fill the livestock feed gap created by the Ukraine crisis.
Regardless of whether or not cooks wash their poultry or not before cooking it, bacterial contamination is rampant in the kitchen, a recent study finds.
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Food Safety Authority have released a report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals and food throughout the EU during 2019–2020.
