The idea of pasteurizing fruit sounds odd, but Bassam Annous, a microbiologist at the USDA’s food safety technologies research unit in Wyndmoor, Pa., said his experiments have shown dramatic reductions in levels of salmonella infections on cantaloupes that have been pasteurized.
He said the process wouldn’t work with leafy vegetables or apples because it causes
The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit have announced that an outbreak of salmonella poisoning related to bean sprouts appears to be over. The announcement piggybacks on a similar announcement from Sheela Basrur, chief medical officer of health for Ontario.
Since Oct. 1, 648 cases of salmonella have been reported in Ontario, including two
A University of California-Davis professor told almond growers that good agricultural practices take time.
Trevor Suslow also separated myths from truth regarding salmonella and almonds for a crowd at the 33rd annual Almond Industry Conference.
Suslow said salmonella migrates through the almond shell into the nut and can live in dry soil and in a
The Cincinnati Health Department has said that it is OK to eat again at the Hilton Netherland Plaza hotel in downtown Cincinnati, but that they will continue to investigate a recent outbreak of food poisoning there.
Up to 1,500 people from the Cincinnati area, as well as Ohio and 12 other states, attended 16 catered
Tests have proved the listeria in Conroy’s corned beef was the same strain that contributed to the death of Royal Adelaide Hospital patient Richard Formosa.
Test results proved listeria found on his factory’s equipment and corned beef was the same bacteria as that detected in the RAH kitchen and the two RAH patients, including Formosa.
While a recent Salmonella outbreak linked to consumption of bean sprouts appears to be over, the KFL&A area’s Medical Officer of Health is advising residents to cook bean sprouts before consuming them. Residents are being advised to ensure they properly cook the bean sprouts they purchase from grocery stores and markets, and restaurants in the
The idea of pasteurizing fruit sounds odd, but Agriculture Department researchers say a form of the technology might help fight outbreaks of salmonella that scientists are increasingly tracing back to fresh fruits and vegetables.
Bassam Annous, a microbiologist at the Agriculture Department’s food safety technologies research unit in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, said his experiments have shown
The Pima County Health Department said Wednesday that it had received confirmation of salmonella contamination in nonpasteurized, raw milk produced by Colorado City’s Meadowayne Dairy.
The milk was sold at several natural- and health-food stores in the Tucson area. Patti Woodcock, a spokeswoman for the Health Department, said no cases of salmonella poisoning related to
In the Kingston area of Eastern Ontario, 15 cases of food poisoning from salmonella bacteria have been linked to raw bean sprouts.
At least 200 people across Ontario have become ill as result of salmonella in the past two months. Those infected in Kingston ate raw bean sprouts, either at a downtown restaurant or after
Because conventional washing methods to remove microbial contaminants from fresh fruit and vegetable produce surfaces have been found to be only marginally effective, Agricultural Research Service scientists in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania want to give the produce packing and processing industries better techniques.
Bassam A. Annous, a microbiologist at the ARS Eastern Regional Research Center, along with