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Enhanced control of microbiological contamination of product at a large beef packing plant.

Investigation of chemical rinses suitable for very small meat plants to reduce pathogens on beef surfaces.

Economic burden from health losses due to foodborne illness in the United States.

Management of thallium poisoning in patients with delayed hospital admission.

Role of attachment to surfaces on the prevalence and survival of Campylobacter through food systems.

Microbial performance of food safety management systems implemented in the lamb production chain.

Colloidal gold-based immunochromatographic test strip for rapid detection of abrin in food samples.

Role of Oregano (Origanum vulgare) essential oil as a surface fungus inhibitor on fermented sausages: evaluation of its effect on microbial and physicochemical characteristics.

Incidence of Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Staphylococcal enterotoxin in two types of Mexican fresh cheeses.

The chemical within. BPA is everywhere. Is it dangerous? We don't really know.

Slicing under chlorinated water improves the disinfection of fresh-cut romaine lettuce.

Three outbreaks of foodborne botulism caused by unsafe home canning of vegetables--Ohio and Washington, 2008 and 2009.

Virolysis of feline calicivirus and human GII.4 norovirus following chlorine exposure under standardized light soil disinfection conditions.

Market surveillance for contamination with thermotolerant campylobacters on various categories of chicken meat in Switzerland.

Rapid, sensitive, and simultaneous detection of three foodborne pathogens using magnetic nanobead-based immunoseparation and quantum dot-based multiplex immunoassay.

Inactivation of salmonella in biofilms and on chicken cages and preharvest poultry by levulinic Acid and sodium dodecyl sulfate.

Promoting Bacillus cereus spore germination for subsequent inactivation by mild heat treatment.

Two cases of hemorrhagic diarrhea caused by Cronobacter sakazakii in hospitalized nursing infants associated with the consumption of powdered infant formula.

Isolation of a virulent Lactobacillus brevis phage and its application in the control of beer spoilage.

High-throughput small molecule screening reveals structurally diverse compounds that inhibit the growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in vitro.