date:Dec 21, 2012
profiles of their E. colicases on PulseNet Canada so that all labs across the country have access to this vital information. Yet, it was the absence of this very type of information that led, according to Dr. Low, to the delayed recognition of Canadas deadly Listeria monocytogenes outbreak.
A couple of days ago, I contacted Dr. Richard Holley (University of Manitoba), one of Canadas foremost food safety experts, for his perspective on this problem. He offered the following observation:
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