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Climate change has a clear link to rising foodborne illnesses. Blackouts during heat waves and wildfires are a growing part of the problem.
‘When in doubt, throw it out’ – and more tips to make sure your festive feast won’t make you sick.
From a global cattle disease that can devastate herds to water-borne pathogens causing severe food poisoning, genome sequencing has become an important tool in the control of infectious diseases.
A food safety expert offers six tips on safe food handling that many cookbooks and cooking shows fail to deliver.
Millions of people travel during the holidays, eager to spend time with loved ones. That travel, along with exposure to new bacteria, can make you more vulnerable to foodborne illnesses.
E. coli bacteria are the frequent culprits behind outbreaks of food-borne illnesses. But not all strains are harmful; some are even helpful.
From Brooklyn to Los Angeles, thousands of Americans are raising chickens in their backyards. But without stricter regulation, urban poultry farming is risky for both humans and birds.
The bacterial pathogen that is responsible for listeriosis can survive under even the toughest conditions.
The recent E. coli outbreak in North America was linked to romaine lettuce. Many such outbreaks are often linked to fresh produce. Here’s what you need to know to keep your family safe.
Health authorities in South Africa have launched an investigation to find the food source that has resulted in an unprecedented increase in listeria cases across the country.
A global trend to regulate frequent antibiotic use in livestock and poultry production is emerging but Africa is still lagging behind.
Food-borne diseases will continue to thrive unless Africa’s meat inspection programmes are upgraded.
Meat has health benefits. And good quality meat could also be the solution to the food insecurity problems that plague two-thirds of households in the developing world.
We’ve come a long way since beer was safer to drink than water but the UK still has work to do when it comes to food-borne illness.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called on two ministers to prepare a cabinet submission about country-of-origin food labelling despite initial reluctance about change.
School students in Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland are the latest group thought to have eaten frozen berries linked to hepatitis A, which has now infected 14 people nationally. All food-borne…
Chicken meat is an extremely popular and affordable source of animal protein, and each Australian now consumes approximately 43 kilograms of it every year. But chicken is also uniquely prone to making…
Using edible films to cover meat and poultry significantly lowers the risk of bacteria growing on the food, according to…
Using waste water to irrigate vegetable crops, which is common across developing countries, could lead to deadly health risks…
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Professor of Food Safety, University of Guelph
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Professor in Food Microbiology, Centre for Food Safety and Innovation, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Australian National University
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Policy Analyst HDR, Deakin University
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Professor in Animal Microbial Ecosystems, Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol
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PhD candidate, Australian National University
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Professor in Microbiology and Molecular Biology, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Infection Epidemiology and Zoonoses, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Meat Science and the co-host of the NRF SARChI Chair in Meat Science, University of Fort Hare
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Livestock and Pasture, University of Fort Hare
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PhD researcher, Cornell University
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Pathologist, Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, NICD, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Chief Research Scientist and Director, Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology and Co-Director at the Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis
