Researchers improved a deep learning model that detects live bacteria in food samples within three hours. By training it to ...

What steps can be taken to reduce food contamination and foodborne illnesses? This is what an upcoming study funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation hopes to address as a team of researchers ...

Waiting is the hardest part. Especially in the case of testing for water or food contamination, which can take days or even a week in some cases for the results, leaving the possibility that people ...

A review has looked into different types of food contaminants and the drivers behind food safety risks to help with their detection and control. The study focused on current types of food contaminants ...

Dairy and meat are two common sources of foodborne illness in the U.S. Because of this, producers use methods to test food ...

A single contaminated ingredient in the recent E. coli outbreak revealed how quickly modern food service can transform from a network of restaurants into a web of transmission. The incident wasn't ...

Researchers from three Fraunhofer institutes are developing a mobile gas chromatography sensor system to help detect counterfeit food products, like olive oil. According to its developers, the easy-to ...

FDA suspends proficiency testing program due to HHS layoffs affecting food safety labs. Cuts disrupt pathogen testing for contaminants like Cyclospora and glyphosate. Experts warn the move threatens ...

Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by filamentous fungi that contaminate food during pre-harvest, storage, transport, and processing. Even at low concentrations, mycotoxins threaten ...