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World’s food standard body praised as safety net for consumers

(WHO) As Codex Alimentarius, the world’s top food standard body for consumer protection and fair practices in international food trade, celebrated its 50th anniversary, the FAO and WHO Directors-General and national governments united in their praise for its benefits. “Today, Codex standards are the benchmark standards for food safety. There is no competition,” Dr. Margaret  Read More »

Genomes of cholera bacteria from Haiti confirm epidemic originated from single source

(EurekAlert) The strain of cholera that has sickened thousands in Haiti came from a single source and was not repeatedly introduced to the island over the past three years as some have thought, according to a new study published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. The results of this  Read More »

Virginia Tech Develops New Microfluidic Chip for Pathogen Detection

(GlobalBiodefense) A new process for making a three-dimensional microstructure that can be used in the analysis of cells could prove useful in counterterrorism measures and in water and food safety concerns. The research, conducted by members of Virginia Tech’s Microelectromechanical Systems Laboratory (MEMS) Laboratory in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is the  Read More »

Dangerous Pathogens: Biodefense a High Priority for U.S. Labs

(DecodedScience) This year’s National Biosurveillance Science and Technology Roadmap is out, demonstrating that protecting the nation against dangerous microbes is front and center on the U.S. research agenda, whether weaponized, or emerging from wild places disrupted by human incursions. We live in a post-911 world. The terrorist attacks in 2001 followed almost immediately by letters  Read More »

Is that bacteria dead yet?

(EurekAlert) Researchers at EPFL have built a matchbox-sized device that can test for the presence of bacteria in a couple of minutes, instead of up to several weeks. A nano-lever vibrates in the presence of bacterial activity, while a laser reads the vibration and translates it into an electrical signal that can be easily read—the  Read More »

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