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EBI FOOD SAFETY nominated for
Deloitte's Fast 50 Rising Star Award 2009
EBI FOOD SAFETY WINS FIE GOLD 2008 - 2009 IN LONDON
LISTEX™ awarded best industry innovation: "Phages: the future of food safety" [PDF]
April 2008 feature article: Bacteriophages,
New Weapons for Food Safety
Publication Dutch Ministry of
Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
Phages, alternative to antibiotics
[Full Text PDF]
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DECEMBER 2009
NRC Handelsblad, Dec 23, 2009 (Dutch daily newspaper) - interview with EBI's CEO, Mark Offerhaus. Link
Feature article EBI Food Safety in Dairy Industries, December 2009 Issue. Link
Mississippi State University - publication in the Journal of Foodborne Pathogens and Disease: LISTEX effective against Listeria monocytogenes on Catfish Fillets Link
October 2009
The war against Listeria; feature article on Foodbev.com Link
January 2009
Listeria remains cause for concern in Europe, according to EFSA Link
October 2008
Food Engineering and Ingredients: Eradicating Listeria monocytogenes with nature's own biotechnology bacteriophages Read more
May 2008
Increasing Incidence of Listeriosis in Europe Read more
November 2007
EBI Food Safety honored with FIE Gold Award 2008/2009 Read more
July 2007
FDA and USDA approval for LISTEX™ as GRAS for all food products Read more
News 2006
October 2006
LISTEX™, approved as GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) by the US FDA, to control Listeria monocytogenes in cheese. LISTEX™ is the first bacteriophage product to receive GRAS recognition by the FDA. [Press Release PDF]
October 2006
"Application of phages prevents the outgrowth of Listeria on cheese". An article in the October of European Dairy Magazine. [Full Text PDF]
October 2006
Natural Listeria bacteriophages enhance safety of ready-to-eat meat products. This is confirmed in the doctorate research [Poster PDF] of Lieve Vermeiren of Gent University’s Department of Food Safety and Food Quality in Belgium. [Press Release PDF]
October 2006
EBI Food Safety has appointed Dr. Steven Hagens as its Chief Scientific Officer. Previously Dr. Hagens held a post-doctoral position in the laboratory for Food Microbiology at the Institute of Food Science and Nutrition - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETHZ). His work focused on optimising phages for recognition and elimination of Listeria mononocytogenes and Salmonella spp. [Press Release PDF]
September 2006
Frost & Sullivan recognizes EBI Food Safety's leadership by awarding the company the technology and innovation award 2006. [Press Release PDF]
May 2006
EBI Food Safety opens the first Phage Technology Center which is a quantum leap in the commercialization of bacteriophage technology. [Press Release English PDF] , [Press Release Dutch PDF]
