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Food safety is in the news again, this tiime after reported deaths from listeria after eating smoked salmon. Here’s what we know so far and what you can do to cut your chance of getting sick.
As a hospital outbreak kills nine in England, the future of food safety at least looks brighter.
As the death count in South Africa’s listeriosis outbreak rises, Canadian researchers are isolating bacteria from the microbiome of exotic foods to try to develop a solution.
Health authorities in South Africa have launched an investigation to find the food source that has resulted in an unprecedented increase in listeria cases across the country.
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Pathologist, Centre for Vaccines and Immunology, NICD, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Professor of Food Safety, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Doctoral Researcher, Edinburgh Napier University
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Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Dayton