News 2012

October 2012

Foodborne illness affects millions annually.

Food recalls are on the rise and food safety systems are broken, according to a new report by US PIRG. 48 million Americans get sick every year at the price tag of more than $77 billion in aggregated economic costs
Link PIRG

August 2012

FSANZ approves LISTEX™ as processing-aid.

Listeria-killing LISTEX™ has been approved for use in Australia and New Zealand, making it the first bacteriophage product for food safety permitted for use in Australasia have approved LISTEX™.

PDF of Press release

May 2012

Third-deadliest U.S. food outbreak due to Listeria preventable, experts say

STORY HIGHLIGHTS:

2011's U.S. food illness -- the deadliest in nearly a century -- killed more than 30 people
It could have been prevented, say numerous food safety experts and federal health officials
Victims suffered very painful deaths, says food safety lawyer
28-state outbreak blamed on a Colorado fruit farm that removed an anti-microbial wash
Link CNN

March 2012

EFSA confirms safety Listex against Listeria

EFSA's Biohazards Panel has published its Scientific Opinion on the Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of LISTEX™ P100 for the removal of Listeria monocytogenes surface contamination of raw fish.

EFSA’s Panel confirms that the use of LISTEX™ is safe. The Panel also concludes that the published challenge studies demonstrate that LISTEX™ is biocidal for Listeria monocytogenes.

Recommended follow up includes initiation of large scale industrial trials to confirm sustainable efficacy of Listex as an effective practical intervention against Listeria.

^{PDF of EFSA Biohazards Panel Report}

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Februari 2013

German article on Micreos and phages for food safety in Technology Review, the German magazine on innovation:
"Konservieren mit Viren, Ähnlich wie bei Bakterien gibt es auch unter Viren rechtschaffene Spezialisten."

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