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Good News From USDA: U.S. Pork Supply Free of Trichinella Parasite

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
August 2, 2024

Following a survey of 3.2 million pigs raised under the U.S. Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA+) program, USDA has announced a total absence of Trichinella infections in the national pork supply—a parasite that was once a major food safety risk, but is now controlled.


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Study: Little Difference Between E. Coli Growth on Leafy Greens in Forward vs. Source Processing Conditions

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
May 16, 2024

Forward processing of leafy greens crops does not significantly increase the food safety risk posed by Escherichia coli, suggests a recent study led by a USDA Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) scientist and funded by the Center for Produce Safety.


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Weather Data Could Help Predict Foodborne Pathogen Contamination on Leafy Greens

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
April 29, 2024

To help predict and mitigate the presence of Escherichia coli and other foodborne pathogens on lettuce, a new weather-based model has been developed by USDA-ARS researchers and collaborators.


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USDA Scientists Working on Method to Give Hens Ability to Pass on Salmonella Immunity to Chicks

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
March 14, 2024

Scientists from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service are exploring how “transgenerational protection”—which is the ability of layer hens to pass along their resistance to Salmonella to their broiler chicks—can be encouraged, to ultimately reduce early colonization that introduces microbial contamination at the processing plant and poses a food safety risk to consumers.


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USDA Develops Egg Pasteurization Technology That Rapidly Kills 99.999 Percent of Salmonella

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
February 27, 2024

Researchers at USDA have developed a thermal pasteurization method based on Radio Frequency technology that effectively reduces the presence of Salmonella in intact eggs, in a fraction of the time required for traditional pasteurization.



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USDA Educational Webinar Will Connect Produce Safety Research to Food Safety Best Practices

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
January 23, 2024

On January 30, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host an educational webinar about produce safety as part of the agency’s Produce Safety University Continuing Education Program.


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New Insights About Salmonella Interactions With Environmental Biofilms May Lead to Better Food Safety Strategies

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
January 8, 2024

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA’s ARS) have provided new insight into the ability of Salmonella to survive and adapt in food processing facilities through interactions with environmental biofilms.


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USDA Begins Sampling for Drug Residues in Cattle Claimed to be “Raised Without Antibiotics”

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
September 25, 2023

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched a new exploratory sampling program for antibiotic residues in cattle that are claimed to be raised without antibiotics. 


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USDA Salmonella Grand Challenge Brings Together Diverse Group of Experts to Develop Mitigation Tools Through Collaboration

June 5, 2023

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA’s ARS) has launched the Salmonella Grand Challenge—a new, nationwide initiative that brings together a group of elite scientists from different specialties to fight salmonellosis. The scientists will integrate their research to learn more about Salmonella risks to meat and poultry products, which will then inform the development of monitoring tools for meat and poultry producers to prevent Salmonella contamination.


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USDA Scientists Determine that Feeding Hempseed Cakes to Cattle Does Not Pose Food Safety Risk

April 13, 2023

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA's ARS) and North Dakota State University (NDSU) recently found that cattle fed with hempseed cake, an industrial hemp byproduct, retain very low, food-safe levels of cannabinoids in muscle, liver, kidney, and fat tissues.


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