News 2009

DECEMBER 2009
NRC Handelsblad - Geen Listeria meer in Kaas en Vis.

('No more Listeria in cheese and fish'), Interview Sander Voormolen with EBI's CEO, Mark Offerhaus, in NRC Handelsblad, Dec 23, 2009 (Dutch daily newspaper).
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Listeria must Die.

Feature article in Dairy Industries, December 2009 Issue. Steven Hagens of EBI Food Safety Looks at the Issue of Listeria Management in Organic and Artisan Cheeses.
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Mississippi Sate publcation in the Journal of Foodborne Pathogens and Disease: Reduction of Listeria monocytogenes on the Surface of Fresh Channel Catfish Fillets by Bacteriophage P100 (LISTEX).
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OCTOBER 2009
The War against Listeria.

Feature article on Foodbev.com
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Food Safety tops the agenda of dairy processors, but while stringent health and safety measures help to tackle the problem, they don’t stop the deadly food pathogen Listeria from causing serious illness and hundreds of deaths every year. Steven Hagens, Chief Scientific Officer of EBI Food Safety, looks at how food safety can be lifted to a higher level.

SEPTEMBER 2009
FAST 50 Rising Star.

Deloitte nominates EBI Food Safety for the Fast 50 Rising Star Benelux Award.

"Fast 50 companies: Even in these tough times, surprising and extraordinary efforts are under way in businesses across the globe. From politics to technology, energy, and transportation; from marketing to retail, health care, and design, each company illustrates the power and potential of innovative ideas and creative execution. These are the kinds of enterprises that will redefine our future and point the way to a better tomorrow."

Report examines increase in listeriosis in UK.

Following reports of an increase in cases of listeria, predominantly in the over-60s age group, the FSA sought advice from the ACMSF, an independent scientific advisory committee, on the reasons for this change. Similar increases were also reported in other European countries, including France and Germany.
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AUGUST 2009
Keeping Clear of Listeria with Nature's Own Weaponry.

Feature in Dairy Innovation's Aug/Sept 2009 issue.
Are we doing everything we can to stop Listeria in our products?
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JUNE 2009
NATURAL BORN KILLER.

Dutch feature article in Meat&Co.
EBI Food Safety's LISTEX break through contribution to food safety and human health, tackling disease causing bacteria in food; Dutch article: Bij de bestrijding van ziekteverwekkende bacteriën in voedingsmiddelen met behulp van bacteriofagen heeft het Nederlandse EBI Food Safety te Wageningen met LISTEX™ een doorbraak gerealiseerd.
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APRIL 2009
US distributor brings anti-Listeria phage product to meat and poultry market

EBI Food Safety announced it has established a partnership with US distributor WTI to market its unique, award-winning anti-Listeria bacteriophage LISTEX™ to North American meat and poultry customers.
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FEBRUARY 2009
"Not on my watch": Eradicating Listeria with nature's own biotechnology - bacteriophages

Steven Hagens, Chief Scientic Officer, EBI Food Safety, looks at the latest developments of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes and nature's solution of phages to contribute to food safety.
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JANUARY 2009
Listeriosis remains a cause for concern in Europe according to

the report on zoonoses, jointly produced by the European Food Safety Authority in Parma, Italy, and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in Stockholm.
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