Meridian Bioscience, a fully integrated life science company, has received the FDA clearance for a new test for Campylobacter. Launched as Premier Campy, the rapid enzyme immunoassay test provides for optimized detection of Campylobacter infection, the company said.
According to the company, there is a significant need for the Premier Campy test because
The UK’s Farmers Weekly Interactive (FWI) is reporting that the British Poultry Council wants the government’s Food Standards Agency to join it in setting up a technical group to come up with “cost effective measures for tackling campylobacter.
FWI quotes the Council’s Ted Wright as saying: “Foodborne illness caused by campylobacter infection is still a
We’d be happy if the grocery store carts just came with wheels that worked. We do admit looking at each cart pretty carefully before taking it and we’ve always stacked things with some strategy in mind. (You do have to think about where the diaper-clad rider was sitting an hour earlier.) And we have on
BioMed Central has published the abstract of a study into the character of Campylobacter isolates from infected children in northen Taiwan, as well as basic information about the patients, collected from December 2003 to February 2005.
The study involved a total of 894 fecal specimens were collected by several clinics and hospitals from children who
Caesar Lundy, a retired Cincinnati chemist, has put the ultimate label on 2007:
“This has been the year of eating dangerously.
Consumer Reports got things rolling by reporting that 83 percent of all raw chickens harbor campylobacter or salmonella, leading causes of food- borne disease. Spring and summer brought 20 recalls of 30 million pounds
Campylobacter infection is a worldwide public health concern and is the leading cause of enteric illness in many countries. With about 50,000 human cases of illness per year, campylobacter is the most common known cause of food borne infection contracted inUK.
Tougher regulatory standards and more stringent testing cause delays in products hitting the shelves
Oxoid, marketing partner for the DuPont Qualicon Bax system in Europe, Australia and Canada, announces the launch of the new Bax real time PCR assay for Campylobacter
Most current screening procedures for Campylobacter are culture-based, take at least three days for a result and do not differentiate between species without additional investigational work. The new
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