Detecting foodborne viruses like norovirus and hepatitis A – before and after contaminated food reaches the public and makes people sick – is like finding a needle in a proverbial haystack, says ...

Researchers improved a deep learning model that detects live bacteria in food samples within three hours. By training it to ...

Researchers show how advanced sequencing and natural compounds are shaping the ongoing fight against deadly foodborne diseases, from Listeria hiding in biofilms to frankincense smoke killing harmful ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pathotrak Inc., a startup on a mission to revolutionize food safety and the food supply chain to make outbreaks a thing of the past, has received AOAC ® Performance ...

Sundermann is an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health. The recently ended Boar’s Head listeria outbreak, which has caused 57 infections and nine ...

First used in the 1940s to monitor for polio, wastewater surveillance proved such a powerful disease monitoring tool that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the ...

A combination of artificial intelligence and optical imaging could help rapidly identify bacterial contamination in food supplies. (Getty Images) Artificial intelligence could be a valuable tool for ...

Every so often, a food product is recalled because of some sort of contamination. For consumers of such products, a recall can trigger doubt in the safety and reliability of what they eat and drink.