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Jeff Farber
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Latest papers
Big Data Impacting Dynamic Food Safety Risk Management in the Food Chain.
Frontiers in microbiology · 2021 · senior author
Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Mechanically Tenderized Beef and the Largest Beef Recall in Canada, 2012.
Journal of food protection · 2019
Shared genome analyses of notable listeriosis outbreaks, highlighting the critical importance of epidemiological evidence, input datasets and interpretation criteria.
Microbial genomics · 2019
Latest funding
- $25,000
Evaluation of deodorized mustard to control Salmonella Typhimurium in pork fermented sausages
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
- $31,000
The ecology and control of foodborne pathogens in low-moisture foods
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
6 publications.
Big Data Impacting Dynamic Food Safety Risk Management in the Food Chain.
Donaghy JA, Danyluk MD, Ross T, Krishna B, Farber J
Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Mechanically Tenderized Beef and the Largest Beef Recall in Canada, 2012.
Currie A, Honish L, Cutler J, Locas A, Lavoie MC, Gaulin C, Galanis E, Tschetter L, Chui L, Taylor M, Jamieson F, Gilmour M, Ng C, Mutti S, Mah V, Hamel M, Martinez A, Buenaventura E, Hoang L, Pacagnella A, Ramsay D, Bekal S, Coetzee K, Berry C, Farber J, Team OBOTNI
Shared genome analyses of notable listeriosis outbreaks, highlighting the critical importance of epidemiological evidence, input datasets and interpretation criteria.
Reimer A, Weedmark K, Petkau A, Peterson CL, Walker M, Knox N, Kent H, Mabon P, Berry C, Tyler S, Tschetter L, Jerome M, Allen V, Hoang L, Bekal S, Clark C, Nadon C, Van Domselaar G, Pagotto F, Graham M, Farber J, Gilmour M
Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Aged Raw Milk Gouda Cheese, Canada, 2013.
Currie A, Galanis E, Chacon PA, Murray R, Wilcott L, Kirkby P, Honish L, Franklin K, Farber J, Parker R, Shyng S, Sharma D, Tschetter L, Hoang L, Chui L, Pacagnella A, Wong J, Pritchard J, Kerr A, Taylor M, Mah V, Flint J, Investigative Team
Evidence for the benefits of food chain interventions on E. coli O157:H7/NM prevalence in retail ground beef and human disease incidence: A success story.
Pollari F, Christidis T, Pintar KDM, Nesbitt A, Farber J, Lavoie MC, Gill A, Kirsch P, Johnson RP
An overview of microbial food safety programs in beef, pork, and poultry from farm to processing in Canada.
Rajić A, Waddell LA, Sargeant JM, Read S, Farber J, Firth MJ, Chambers A
Evaluation of deodorized mustard to control Salmonella Typhimurium in pork fermented sausages
Principal investigators: Farber, Jeffrey
The ecology and control of foodborne pathogens in low-moisture foods
Principal investigators: Farber, Jeffrey
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Natalie Knox and Celine Nadon: 3 shared papers
- Natalie Knox and Jeff Farber: 1 shared paper
- Celine Nadon and Jeff Farber: 1 shared paper
- Department of Food Science
- Other
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