USA: FDA, UC Davis, Agilent Technologies and CDC to create publicly available food pathogen genome database

Genetic code sequencing of 100,000 food pathogens will provide roadmap to help identify causes of outbreaks

FDA NEWS RELEASE
July 12, 2012
Media Inquiries: Curtis Allen, 301-796-0393, curtis.allen@fda.hhs.gov
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the University of California, Davis,Agilent Technologies Inc., and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today a collaboration to create a public database of 100,000 foodborne pathogen genomes to help speed identification of bacteria responsible for foodborne outbreaks.

The database will provide a roadmap for development of tests to identify pathogens and provide information about the origin of the pathogen. The tests have the potential to significantly reduce the typical public health response time in outbreaks of foodborne illness to days instead of weeks...

Source: FDA, UC Davis, Agilent Technologies and CDC to create publicly available food pathogen genome database
Author: FDA

Link: Genome Project for Food Pathogens Launched
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