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Five new Listeria species found; may improve tests

Cornell researchers have discovered five new species of Listeria – including one named for Cornell – that provide new insights that could lead to better ways to detect soil bacteria in food. To date,...

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Listeria: On the environmental trail of food pathogens

Tracking one of the deadliest food contamination organisms through produce farms and natural environments alike, Cornell microbiologists are showing how to use big datasets to predict where the next...

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Modeling Listeria in leafy greens using micro and big data

I’m not sure what big data means, but it’s a catchy soundbite that is showing up more routinely. Prof. Martin Wiedmann, food science and technology, has combined the fields of microbiology and big data...

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How improved veterinary science led to discovery of Salmonella

April 27 was Cornell University’s 150th anniversary. Its charter was signed in Albany in 1865. One of the school’s founders, Ezra Cornell, was a farmer and made veterinary science a priority. This is...

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Lots of recalls but ‘100 times more likely to detect an outbreak than 20...

Martin Wiedmann, a professor of food safety at Cornell University’s food science department, told CBC News we really are seeing far more food recalls and outbreaks these days, “But that doesn’t mean...

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Food safety competes with this? FoodPorn, circa 1600s and now, more about...

Tove Danovich of NPR writes that in the 1600s, when famous still life artist Jan Davidsz de Heem was eating, people showed off their meals with paintings. A new study by Cornell’s Food and Brand Lab...

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AI and dairy

Why did I write the other day about an artificial intelligence dude who I knew 25 years ago, and whose primary application at the time was ensuring elevators in skyscrapers were efficiently dispersed...

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Computer program aids food safety types with pathogen testing

Cornell University scientists have developed a computer program, Environmental Monitoring With an Agent-Based Model of Listeria (EnABLe), to simulate the most likely locations in a processing facility...

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Scientists discover five new species of listeria, improving food safety

While examining the prevalence of listeria in agricultural soil throughout the U.S., Cornell University food scientists have stumbled upon five previously unknown and novel relatives of the bacteria....

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