DARPA Pursues Advanced Threat-Detection for Crop Defense
DARPA’s Foundational Security for Food Systems (FS2) program will explore a pathway-based approach to provide advanced threat detection and warning ...
Tag: Food Safety
America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic. It’s Still Making People Sick.
In May 2018, a rare and virulent strain of Salmonella caught the attention of America’s top disease detectives. In less ...
Virginia Tech Awarded USDA Grant to Study Survival of SARS-CoV-2 on Food Supply Chain Surfaces
From the delivery of an Amazon package to ordering takeout food, people touch a multitude of surfaces every day, leaving ...
New DNA Test Will Improve Tracking of Salmonella Food-Poisoning Outbreaks
Researchers report the development of a sensitive and specific assay to detect different serotypes of Salmonella, paving the way for rapid ...
CCD Detector System for Abrin Toxin Activity
A novel method for quantitative detection of biologically active abrin toxin is presented utilizing a low-cost CCD detector system for ...
Outbreak of Listeria Infections Linked to Hard-boiled Eggs
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a ...
Meet the New Director of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
For the newly hired director of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), Alfonso Clavijo, it’s been a whirlwind his ...
Salad Bars and Water Systems are Easy Targets for Bioterrorists – and America’s Monitoring System is Woefully Inadequate
In October 2019, a House Homeland Security Committee subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Defending the Homeland from Bioterrorism: Are We ...
Cyberbiosecurity: A New Perspective on Protecting U.S. Food and Agricultural System
Our national data and infrastructure security issues affecting the “bioeconomy” are evolving rapidly. Simultaneously, the conversation about cyber security of ...
Crab Meat Imported from Venezuela Linked to Multistate Vibrio Outbreak
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that consumers not buy or eat, restaurants not serve, and ...
White House Proposal to Consolidate Food Safety Efforts Won’t Work. Here’s Why.
An FDA lab technician inspects food for contaminants in Lenexa, Kansas. AP Photo/Todd Feeback The Trump administration on June 21 ...
Romaine-Linked E. coli Outbreak Enters Its Second Month
Federal officials predict that the outbreak, linked to romaine lettuce, will continue for several weeks. It is the largest American ...
CFSAN Pathogen Detection Challenge Ending Soon
There are only two days left to complete the CFSAN Pathogen Detection Challenge. Sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
USDA Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced a competitive opportunity to conduct ...
USDA Detects a Case of Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Alabama
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a neurologic disease of cattle, ...
Foodborne Pathogens: Colorimetric and Electrochemical Detection Using Printed Paper
In a new study in Analytical Chemistry, scientists report that they are closing in on a way to use a ...
Unique Structure of African Swine Fever Virus Enzyme May Allow Drug Development
Credit: CDC A DNA-copying protein from African swine fever virus (ASFV) has a unique structure that may offer a target ...
US-Mexico Cooperative Agreement for Biosurveillance and Laboratory Capacity
The close geographic and socioeconomic relationship between the US and Mexico has profound public health implications for the health systems ...
Hygiena to Acquire Dupont Food Safety Diagnostics Business
Hygiena, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company that specializes in rapid food safety and environmental sanitation testing, announced today that it ...
DHS Backs Development of Livestock Disease Outbreak Readiness Program
Angus cattle on pasture. Credit: Scott Bauer The National Agricultural Biosecurity Center (NABC) has received new funding from the Department ...
