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Meat processing plant eliminates toxic sanitizers and cleaners

January 27, 2012
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New Hampshire bacon producer creates cleaning and sanitizing solutions onsite from salt, water and electricity.
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Cantaloupe Listeria contamination calls for FDA control of US auditors

February 6, 2012
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As with any outbreak, the Jensen Farms Listeria outbreak last summer and fall, which sickened 148 people in 28 states and killed 30 people, probably could have been prevented if Jensen Farms had maintained its facilities in accordance with existing FDA guidance.


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Tech Update: Sterilization - Better processes, healthier foods

April 5, 2012
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Fresh foods and sterile processes are mutually exclusive, but technical advances are putting the best of both worlds within reach.


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Preslaughter interventions could reduce E. coli in cattle

April 5, 2012
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I n any manufacturing operation, attempting to adjust the process to correct for a defective component or ingredient can be nothing but frustrating when the supplier hasn’t done its job to provide a defect-free product.


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TECH FLASH

Non-thermal pasteurization alternatives

May 25, 2012
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Bacteriophages and high-pressure pasteurization offer reductions of bacteria counts.
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Automating the bathing buggy process

May 25, 2012
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Cheese processor gets cleaner, consistent washing and gains an employee, to boot.
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Reciprocating retorts

August 6, 2012
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Rapid movement can dramatically reduce cycle times in retorts, but controlling the force created by a heavy basket’s motion required years of additional development.
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USDA’s FSIS releases updated Listeria guideline

September 25, 2012
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Intended for inspection program personnel, the revised guideline addresses sanitation, testing and prevention of cross-contamination of post-lethality, exposed RTE products.
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Engineering R&D: Research in the trenches

October 4, 2012
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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With government funding drying up and businesses curtailing in-house programs, food technology research often has an entrepreneurial feel in the 21st century.
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Peanut butter recall déjà vu

November 7, 2012
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Reported earlier in FE’s Tech Flash e-newsletter, the recent Salmonella Bredeney outbreak has sickened a total of 35 people in 19 states, and has been attributed to peanut butter—and potentially other nut butters—from Sunland Inc. (Portales, NM).
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