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A Post-Halloween Trick: the Moldy Pumpkin
Each October, sights of carved pumpkins greet passersby on doorsteps and porches across the country. Ghoulish faces and spooky sayings illuminated by candles on bright orange gourd-like fruit are a sure sign that Halloween is just around the corner. In early November,...
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Keep Food Safety Risks From Customers’ Shopping Carts
by Dr. Chip Manual - 10/25/18 This is a piece originally published in The Progressive Grocer and cross-posted to the PathSensors blog. All credit goes to Dr. Chip Manual and the Progressive Grocer. The financial impact of foodborne pathogens like Listeria...
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PathSensors Technology Shows Superior Sensitivity in Third Party Evaluation
Events such as the anthrax attacks of 2001 and other bioterror plots like the recent ricin-containing letters sent to the White House and the Pentagon highlight the need for biodetection tools that work quickly and rapidly to identify potential biothreats. White...
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Ricin sent to the President shows importance of Mail Screening
Have you ever worried about receiving something dangerous in the mail? Although it seems like an increasing amount of business is conducted online, physical mail is still incredibly prominent, and can be much more harmful than the emails in your junk folder. Each day,...
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September is National Food Safety Month – Here Are Our Top 10 Food Safety Tips
September is National Food Safety Month! For us at PathSensors, this month represents a chance to spread some knowledge about food safety and pass along food safety tips we’ve gained as leaders in the food pathogen testing industry. With outbreaks at familiar brands...
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The recent E.Coli outbreaks demonstrate a greater need for ensuring pathogen-free supply chain
The recent E.Coli outbreaks demonstrate a greater need for ensuring pathogen-free supply chain
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String of anthrax scares brings back the concern for “mysterious white powder” in mail
String of anthrax scares brings back the concern for “mysterious white powder” in mail after Vanessa Trump, Megan Markle and Prince Harry are threatened
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Celebrating our Baltimore City Community College Interns: Line Mpaga
Pathsensors is grateful to be a part of the Baltimore community and have the support of our partnership with Baltimore City Community College and be able to offer internships to recent graduates
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USDA ARS Research Proves CANARY Technology’s Fit for High-Threat Plant Pathogens
The PathSensors’ Development Team together with USDA ARS researchers from the US National Arboretum Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit in Beltsville, MD and the Foreign Disease -Weed Science Research Unit at Ft. Detrick, MD have completed a small-scale validation...
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Seasonal Safety: The Holiday Rise in Mailing
Have you received a Christmas card or two in the past few weeks? Tis the season! While mailing had been at an all-time low this past year over the previous 20 years, this year the USPS experienced a 10% increase in mailing during the holiday season (compared to the...
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