Food Safety

FSIS issues statement on when meat/poultry Salmonella testing is unnecessary

Most, but not all, raw meat and poultry products are subject to Salmonella testing.
April 18, 2013
A narrow set of circumstances exists where sampling is not necessary.
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Plant Sanitation

Top five ways to get your plant sanitation FSMA-ready

Although the final FSMA preventive controls and cGMP provisions may be more than a year away, now is the time to develop and apply requisite science-based food safety plans.
April 9, 2013

On January 4, 2013, two years after the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law, FDA issued its proposed Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls (HARPC) regulations.


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Food Safety

Metal detection: Quality or safety?

Make sure the equipment has been properly set up and validated, and these activities have been fully documented.
April 9, 2013

Metal detection is a fact of life in the food processing industry. Most processors, whether they process snacks, meats, grains or liquids, have either metal detectors or X-ray machines to detect and control metal contamination.


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Editor's Note

At the crossroads in the age of transparency

Prove the food safety science behind your product, and the truth shall set you free from detractors.
April 9, 2013

About a year ago, the food industry was embroiled in the lean, finely textured beef media frenzy.


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TECH FLASH

Quantitative framework would improve food safety

A recent technical paper grades food safety performance from A to F.
April 8, 2013

How can industry and government increase the quantitative aspects of food safety effectiveness?


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TECH FLASH

Co-resistance complicates treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Efforts to address antimicrobial resistance have seen significant progress, but not enough.
April 8, 2013

International interdependence of food production presents an obstacle to combating resistance.


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Slow government response likely contributed to more illnesses in 2011 Salmonella outbreak

Government was slow to address ground turkey contamination.
April 3, 2013
Government was slow to address ground turkey contamination.
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Safe Quality Food announces information days program

The first seminar in the series will take place on April 18 in Chicago, IL.
April 1, 2013
The first seminar in the series will take place on April 18 in Chicago, IL.
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TECH FLASH

Exemplary food safety practices can drive sales

Consumers are more likely to buy based on product safety than brand.
March 26, 2013

Could safety improvements help your company’s sales?


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TECH FLASH

Increasing complexity of the food chain demands improved management of supplier track and trace data

Tom Egan of PMMI discusses supplier track and trace with Food Engineering.
March 26, 2013

Is your track and trace operation suited to today’s supply web?


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Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo 2013

Images from Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference and Expo in Naples, Florida, April 14-17, 2013.

Podcasts

Burns & McDonnell Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)-certified corporate sustainability reporting (CSR) specialists discuss:

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  • What is the GRI and the Food Processing Sector Supplement?
  • Why are companies producing CSRs?
  • What are latest CSR trends?
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