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How Common Is Salmonella in Chicken? New USDA Regulations Target Frozen Products

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To combat food poisoning, US agriculture officials introduced a final rule last Friday, mandating significant reductions in Salmonella bacteria in specific chicken products. Approximately one in every 25 chicken packages at grocery stores is contaminated with Salmonella. Other food products can also be contaminated with Salmonella.

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World Food Safety Day 2022: Theme, History and Ways to Get Involved

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They are caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances entering the body through contaminated food or water. An estimated 420,000 people in the world die every year after eating contaminated food, with children under five years old carrying 40 percent of the foodborne disease burden. How to Get Involved .

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Foodborne Illness from Raw Milk On the Rise

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The Salt Lake County Health Department in Utah confirmed that 14 people have been infected with Campylobacter , a bacteria that causes foodborne illness from the consumption of raw or undercooked food. Coli bacteria. It also extends milk’s shelf life by decreasing spoilage bacteria.

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Chameleon-Inspired Color-Changing Material Can Be a Game-Changer for Seafood Safety

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Related: MIT Scientists Develop Food Sensor That Can Detect Spoiled or Contaminated Food. Seafood, and other foods with high water content, are ideal breeding grounds for bacteria causing foodborne illness and food poisoning. The strip stored with seafood at 30 degrees C changed to a vivid green color, indicative of spoilage.

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FDA approves breakthrough pneumonia therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

The intravenous therapy has become the first pathogen-targeted therapy approved for the treatment of hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia (HABP) and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VABP) caused by susceptible strains of bacteria called Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex (ABC).

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Cell culture Q&A: Solving biomanufacturing challenges with Recombinant Insulin supplementation

Pharmaceutical Technology

One big challenge is contamination. It can cost millions of dollars to remove contamination from a manufacturing process and this causes a consequent delay to the preparation of the drug. As with contamination, variation in outcomes and product quality are often a result of the raw materials used.

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14 BEST IBS Medication Over The Counter

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Lepicol has a rather unique formula of three different ingredients: Psyllium husk Live bacteria Insulin (a fibre from chicory root and not the Insulin produced by the pancreatic cells) As advertised the Insulin (chicory root) is not broken down by the body, but fermented by live bacteria to support the growth of natural bacterial flora in the gut.