Surveillance & Analysis on Listeria News & Outbreaks
A research team including University of Central Florida Microbiology Professor Keith Ireton is experimenting with the bacterial pathogen Listeria Monocytogenes to better understand the mechanisms of cell growth and cancer development.
In research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the team found that a Listeria protein called InlB induces internalisation and degradation of a…
Gills Onions, an Oxnard-based company with operations in Monterey County, said none of the onions it voluntarily recalled last week were grown in the Salinas area.
A possible Listeria contamination led the company to recall 45,500 pounds of onions. The onions had been sold to restaurants and Trader Joe’s stores in Arizona, California, New Mexico,…
ATLANTA – Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin announced Saturday that Georgia Department of Agriculture food scientists have found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample of Bright Water Smoked Salmon & Cheese Spread.
The contamination was found in a seven-ounce package marked BEST BY 071007. The UPC code is 1971100073. The spread is manufactured by Bright Water…
If the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria behind food poisoning are starved of oxygen, they are liable to turn really nasty according to research published in the online journal BMC Microbiology.
Limiting oxygen produces bacteria up to 100 times more invasive than similar bacteria grown with ample oxygen supplies.
Bjarke Christensen and Tine Licht together with colleagues…
R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Lee Huttenbach, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southeast Region, Office of Inspector General, and David Bourne, Special Agent in Charge, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations, announce the filing of a two-count Information charging defendant Timothy Delong with…
A Boynton Beach businessman knew the seafood products he had shipped to retailers from his Lantana office in 2003 were contaminated but didn’t tell customers or ask for a recall, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said today.
Timothy DeLong, president of Atlantis Foods Inc., also sold misbranded products, claiming a fish spread contained rainbow trout when…
Circles, slaloms, figure eights, and loop-the-loops , biologists studying the motion of Listeria monocytogenes sensed that these paths were related, but they didn’t have a good way to define what fit in and what didn’t.
A remarkably simple new mathematical description, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [Abstract], reproduces all…
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issued a consumer alert yesterday regarding the consumption of raw milk from a Pennsylvania dairy:
Consumers who have purchased raw milk from Misty Meadow Farm in Bernville, Berks County, any time after April 16 should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria contamination, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said
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The Minnesota Department of Health’s routine inspection at Calco Sprouts resulted in a recall after Listeria monocytogenes was discovered in a sample collected during the inspection. According to a story at wcco.com, the recall includes radish, alfalfa, and bean sprouts distributed to retail stores and restaurants in Minnesota.
Consumers who have purchased raw milk from Misty Meadow Farm in Bernville, Berks County, any time after April 16 should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria contamination, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said today. Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. "During routine inspection of the dairy, a…
