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 News Item (Source/Date Posted on Source)

FSIS revises Custom Exempt Review process (MeatNews.com/ 4/27)

Wastewater recycler uses combined technologies (Food Production Daily/ 4/17)

Washing system cleans processing parts in minutes (Food Production Daily/ 3/20)

Food Scientists: don't pooh-pooh this advice: it's simple: cook the food right and wash your hands (Food Safety Network / Kansas StateUniversity/ 3/17)

Krones to unveil new aseptic sterilisation process (Food Production Daily/ 3/14)

Global effort to provide poorest with basic sanitation slow going (Stanford University/ 3/13)

Want to stop disease from spreading? Open a window (Reuters Health / 2/27)

Restaurants Closed Over Poor Sanitation Facilities (allAfrica.com / 2/22)

Hygiene reforms for local Irish poultry proposed (Food Production Daily/ 2/20)

Study: Office Desks Havens for Bacteria (New York Times/ 2/15)

Debate centres on revision of UK meat inspection system (Food Production Daily/ 2/14)

UK publishes first good hygiene guide ( Food Production Daily/ 2/12)

Netherlands company bacteriophage cleaner approved in US (FoodProductionDaily.com / 10/25)

Application of EU hygiene regulations for dairy sector (UK Food Standards Agency / 10/20)

World in danger of missing sanitation target; drinking-water target also at risk, new report shows (World Health Organization / 9/5)

Uniforms Can Be Source For Cross-Contamination If Not Properly Maintained (Meat and Poultry Online News / 8/10)

Sloppiness Means Diarrhea: Finding Most Effective Washing-Up in Wilderness (NewsWise.com / 7/28)

Wild vs. lab rodent comparison supports hygiene hypothesis (Eurek Alert / 6/16)

IKE Scenario 05-06: Condensation Over a Kettle Cook Process (FSIS / 5/16)

Fear the phone, not the doorknob, germ expert warns (Reuters Health / 5/2)

Smoke-Clearing Technology May Come From Poultry House Air Scrubber (USDA-ARS / 4/25)

Cleaning agents 'make bug strong' (BBC News / 4/3)

Hand Sanitizers, Good or Bad? (New York Times / 3/21)

Bacteria hone in on shopping carts - survey (Reuters Health / 2/14)

Industrial steamer zaps bacteria dead (FoodProductionDaily.com / 2/1)

Experts find better way to scrub milking hardware (Eurek Alert / 1/27)

Fewer Food Safety Enforcement Orders in 2005 (Food Safety Authority of Ireland / 1/6)

New year ushers in tougher food safety laws (FoodProductionDaily.com / 1/2)

UNITED STATES: ServSafe aims to enhance food-safety knowledge of foodservice workers. (MeatNews.com / 12/15)

UK draft code of practice to usher in EU-wide hygiene laws (FoodProductionDaily.com / 11/15)

Anti-microbaterial pens make an entrance in food sector (FoodProductionDaily.com / 11/8)