Food Safety
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March 19, 2024Posted: March 19, 2024Read MoreGet ready to cluck with excitement because it's National Poultry Day! At Hardy Diagnostics, we're proud to offer a range of products designed to support poultry farmers in maintaining the highest standards of safety and quality.
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March 04, 2024Posted: March 04, 2024Categories: Modern Innovations, Featured Posts, Product Spotlights, Product Spotlights, MicrobiologyRead MoreThe benefits of using chromogenic media include faster results, reliable visual detection and additional testing is possible directly from the media. Compared with the use of conventional culture media, this often results in cost savings from reduced labor time and reduced use of reagents as fewer biochemical and/or serological confirmation tests are required.
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February 26, 2024Posted: February 26, 2024Read MoreGlyphosate, a chemical used in many RoundUp® herbicides, may be to blame for the rise in cases of celiac disease and gluten intolerance. Though the proponents of glyphosate have always maintained that it has no effect on human or animal cells, an ever-increasing amount of research suggests that the herbicide may suppress healthy gastrointestinal flora, including microbes needed to properly digest gluten.
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January 31, 2024Posted: January 31, 2024Read MoreStriving to reduce foodborne illness cases from Campylobacter, The Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has updated its guidance in the Modern Laboratory Handbook (MLG) with an improved selective enrichment: Hunt Broth. In the latest MLG 41 revision, Hunt Broth replaced Double-Strength Blood-free Bolton Broth as the preferred enrichment broth for the recovery of Campylobacter from poultry samples. The use of Hunt Broth was determined to significantly reduce the time to result by 24 hours.
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December 18, 2023Posted: December 18, 2023We have all heard the phrase, “The way to a person’s heart is through their stomach.” While taking that concept with a grain of salt, most people would not want their appetite spoiled with the thought of consuming rotten or tainted food. In the United States, food safety has only been considered for a little more than 100 years due to President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt signing in two bills that established federal regulation of food processing.Read More -
November 17, 2023Posted: November 17, 2023Read More...A total of 1,957 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported in the United States so far this year.
That is already surpassing the 1,129 cases reported in all of 2022. (1) The investigation of this outbreak is ongoing with no specific food item being identified as the source of most of these illnesses, although the outbreak count does include 20 patients in
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January 30, 2023Posted: January 30, 2023Read More
Urinary tract infections (UTI) are considered to be one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide.(1)
The most common uropathogen causing uncomplicated UTIs is Escherichia coli.(2) Extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) strains cause UTIs via the intestine-stool-urethra route.(3)
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June 24, 2022Posted: June 24, 2022Read MoreMany parents in the United States are reeling from the effects of an outbreak of Cronobacter sakazakii in powdered infant formula. Between September 2021 and January 2022, four cases of Cronobacter infections in infants were reported to the FDA. In each case, the infants were fed powdered formula from Abbott Nutrition.(1)
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February 24, 2022Posted: February 24, 2022Categories: Food Safety, Health & Wellness, Industry Insights, Outbreak Alerts, Microbiology, News & InsightsRead MoreSalmonella Infantis
Globally, Salmonella causes illness in 93.8 million people and causes approximately 155,000 deaths each year.(1) Within the United States alone, Salmonella is responsible for 1.35 million infections, 26,000 of which...
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January 11, 2022Posted: January 11, 2022Read MoreHow can you be sure the bacteria and parasites are dead?
In the United States, 62% of the population has tried sushi at least once. (1) However, recent studies from Norway and Brazil indicate that consumers should be checking that their sushi and sashimi were recently prepared and stored properly. To define our terms, many...
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December 29, 2021Posted: December 29, 2021Read MoreDo food labels tell the full story of what consumers are eating? In the U.S., many citizens may be unaware of how much inulin they may be consuming on a daily basis.
As a result, individuals who consume inulin may suffer from digestive discomfort without knowing the true cause.(1) On many food labels, there is helpful and descriptive...
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August 11, 2021Posted: August 11, 2021Read More
Want to lower your risk of contracting a MAP-related malady? Here's how.
Emerging research is implicating Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP) as the etiological cause of various diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, m...
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August 13, 2020Posted: August 13, 2020Read MoreCBD: How Pet Parents are Leading the Pack -The current landscape for pets and medical cannabis products In America, around 70% of households own a pet. This means that roughly 90.5 million families have welcomed a four legged (or maybe feathered) friend into their homes. (Rainwalk...
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July 17, 2020Posted: July 17, 2020Read MoreListeria hysteria! Outbreaks have been popping up in a variety of foods over the years—however, not all infections are created equal. The severity of L. monocytogenes infection, also known as Listeriosis, is dependent on both the host’s immune system and the virulence of the strain.(1) Immunocompromised populations may experience encephalitis, meningitis, bacteremia, miscarriage, gas...
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March 14, 2020Posted: March 14, 2020Read MoreIn the United States, approximately 2.8 million people are infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) every year resulting in billions of dollars in healthcare costs and approximately 35,000 deaths (1,2).
About 80% of antibiotic use in the United States comes from the agriculture industry, particularly in the husbandry of...
