Researchers at the Institute of Food Research have tested a new technique to ensure fresh produce is free of bacterial contamination. Plasmas are a mix of highly energetic particles created when gases are excited by an energy source. They can be used to destroy bacteria but as new research shows, some can hide from its [...]
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European cooperation to reduce risks from persistent bacteria in food processing
Dr Arthur Thompson is a partner in a recently-funded 4 year COST Action (European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research) coordinated by Dr. Hulya Olmez at TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Centre Food Institute, Turkey. The aim of this new Action is the mitigation of bacterial colonisation and persistence on foods and food processing [...]
Understanding how bacteria come back from the dead
Salmonella remains a serious cause of food poisoning in the UK and throughout the EU, in part due to its ability to thrive and quickly adapt to the different environments in which it can grow. New research involving a team of IFR scientists, funded by BBSRC, has taken the first detailed look at what Salmonella [...]
Next generation sequencing surveys Salmonella
Strains of Salmonella bacteria cause over a billion cases of illness worldwide each year, and over 500,000 deaths. Most infection occurs through contaminated food and water. As part of the strategy to find ways to reduce the effects of Salmonella, Dr Arthur Thompson and colleagues at the Institute of Food Research have produced the first [...]
Researchers to identify the secrets of Salmonella’s survival
The Institute of Food Research, strategically funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), is to collaborate with the University of Sheffield to investigate how Salmonella survives during its lifecycle within our bodies, as a way of finding chinks in its armour that can be exploited to develop new therapies. Salmonella enterica serovar [...]
Developing innovative processes to ensure fresh food is safe
IFR researchers have recently reviewed the use of cold atmospheric plasmas to inactivate Salmonella to assess their use by fresh or minimally-processed food producers. A growing demand for fresh produce is presenting a challenge to the food industry to supply safe food with minimal processing. It is crucial that these foods are supplied without microbial [...]
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Mining the botulinum genome
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Benchtop NMR breakthrough
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The First UK-Ireland Food Business Innovation Summit
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Contact killing of Salmonella Typhimurium by human faecal bacteria
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IFR scientists use the force to decode secrets of our gut
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IFR scientists use the force to decode secrets of our gut
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Contact killing of Salmonella Typhimurium by human faecal bacteria
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Commercial future for Model Gut
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Poultry probiotic cuts its coat to beat bad bacteria
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Reliably higher levels of healthy compound in Beneforté broccoli
- GHFS scientists discover that probiotic bacteria in poultry have the ability to alter their coat | Gut Health and Food Safety Blog: [...] Now, in research published in the journal PL...
- Le contact mortel de Salmonella avec des bactéries fécales humaines - Le Blog d'Albert Amgar - Un article de Le Blog d'Albert Amgar: [...] « Le contact mortel de Salmonella...
- N4SA.com | Contact killing of Salmonella by human fecal bacteria: [...] above story is reprinted from materials prov...
- New technique to help ‘read’ information in the gut | NEWWorthy – our blog "The New": [...] the category of old can be NEWWorthy - Ato...
- Super broc performs to expectations in field trials | QFOOD: [...] Read the press release on the Institute of F...
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