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Items Tagged with 'whole genome sequencing'

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FDA Provides Update on Listeria Outbreak Related to Products of Fresh & Ready Foods LLC

May 12, 2025

Initially launched in 2024, the investigation was reopened in April 2025. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis confirmed that the strain of Listeria found at Fresh & Ready Foods LLC matches the strain of Listeria causing illnesses in this outbreak.


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Ep. 191. Dr. Edward Dudley: Wastewater Monitoring for Foodborne Pathogen Surveillance

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
April 8, 2025

In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak to Dr. Edward Dudley, Director of the E. coli Reference Center and Professor of Food Science at Penn State University, about the potential for wastewater monitoring to aid foodborne pathogen surveillance and bolster foodborne illness reporting. 


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Requirements for Mandatory Foodborne Pathogen WGS Analysis, Data Submission in EU

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
March 28, 2025

The European Commission published a FAQ document to clarify the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2025/179, which mandates whole genome sequencing (WGS) testing and data reporting for important foodborne pathogens when suspected to be associated with a foodborne illness outbreak.


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New EU Regulation Requires WGS Analysis, Data Reporting for Important Foodborne Pathogens

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
February 6, 2025

The EU has adopted a new regulation requiring Member States to conduct whole genome sequencing (WGS) on the isolates of five important pathogens during the investigations of foodborne illness outbreaks, and sets data-sharing parameters.


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Significant AMR Found in Campylobacter From East African Poultry and Humans

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Bailee Henderson
October 4, 2024

Published in CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases, one of the largest-ever whole genome sequencing (WGS) analyses of Campylobacter in Africa found antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 75 percent of human and poultry isolates from Tanzania and Kenya.


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Wastewater Monitoring Can Aid Foodborne Illness Surveillance, Study Shows

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
September 20, 2024

Penn State University researchers have demonstrated the usefulness of wastewater monitoring for foodborne pathogen surveillance, after successfully isolating Salmonella from wastewater samples and linking them to clinical isolates from an existing foodborne illness outbreak.


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UKHSA Conducts First Investigation of Salmonella, STEC Risks Associated With UK Raw Flour Products

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Bailee Henderson
August 9, 2024

A recent survey of raw flour and flour-based foods conducted by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) found a low incidence of Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) among sampled products. Whole genome sequencing revealed a link between a Salmonella isolate from a sample and a human illness.


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FAO Seeking Experts to Participate in Global Meeting on WGS for Food, Water Safety

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
August 6, 2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is accepting applications for participation in an upcoming global meeting on whole genome sequencing (WGS) for food safety and water surveillance within the One Health framework.


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Two Tools for One Health and Biosurveillance

Increasingly, disease outbreaks are being considered using the lens of One Health
Robert Norton
Robert A. Norton Ph.D.
Marcus (Marc) Sachs P.E.
Cris Young
Cris A. Young D.V.M., M.P.H., Diplomate A.C.V.P.M.
July 2, 2024

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) and hyperspectral imaging are proposed in a One Health context to be applied to biosurveillance.


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Can the Outbreak Investigation System be Improved?

The process that separates hazards from risks is ensuring that the most important things always get done, and done well
Eric Wilhelmsen
Eric Wilhelmsen Ph.D., CFS
June 24, 2024

With a focus on fresh-cut produce in the U.S./North America, this article explores critical questions related to the improvement and modernization of the microbial outbreak investigation process.


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