Food Safety News - September 6, 2016 Tests find E. coli on 24 percent of chicken from seven UK store chains

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Tests find E. coli on 24 percent of chicken from seven UK store chains

By News Desk

Cambridge University researchers have found antibiotic-resistant E. coli on 24 percent of chicken samples tested from the seven largest supermarkets in the U.K. That contamination level is four times higher than results from a similar study done last year. The researchers tested 189 U.K.-sourced pork and poultry samples from the grocery chains ASDA, Aldi, Co-op,... Continue Reading

The outbreak breakthrough of whole genome sequencing

By Jim Mann

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three guest opinion columns by Jim Mann in recognition of September as Food Safety Month. Whole genome sequencing, WGS, is a new motivator for enhanced hand washing in all locations where people are preparing and/or serving food. More broadly, it is a robust laboratory procedure for... Continue Reading

Victim warns expectant moms about food safety complications

By Cookson Beecher

Almost 5 years old now, Kendall Paciorek is right on track. She can walk, run, talk and say her ABCs. And while that normal progression of abilities common to many children her age might not seem all that impressive, to her mother and father Michelle Wakley-Paciorek and Dave Paciorek, it's "a miracle." Little Kendall was... Continue Reading

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