Articles by Richard F. Stier, Contributing Editor

Food Safety: Defensive handwashing

December 1, 2009
Get smart about the best ways to keep workers clean and food safet.
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Food Safety: The well-dressed worker

August 1, 2009
Proper plant attire is just one more way to help protect the food supply.
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Food Safety: Lubrication as a line of defense

June 1, 2009
Avoid adulteration risk with proper use and storage of food grade and non-food grade lubricants.
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Food Safety: The trouble with third-party audits

May 1, 2009
Passing an audit is not the issue. Ensuring safety is.

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Food Safety: The great peanut butter debacle

April 1, 2009
Learning from past mishaps is one of the food industry’s most valuable food safety tools.
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Food Safety: Getting rid of unwanted foreign materials

February 1, 2009
More buyers are demanding all products be passed through a metal detector.
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Food Safety: Chemical sensitivities increase to the parts per trillion range

January 1, 2009
Last Fall, I attended the 28th Annual Rapid Methods Workshop at University of Wisconsin-River Falls.  Dr. Purnendu C. Vasavada, the driving force behind the program, brings people from all over the world to discuss rapid microbiological methods, food safety and quality issues and future trends. 
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Food Safety: HACCP's most underemphasized prerequisite

December 1, 2008
Electronic maintenance management system helps ensure food safety.
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Food Safety: What did you learn this summer?

October 1, 2008
It’s time to take a hard look at what you are doing and how you do it.
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Food Safety

September 1, 2008
Getting the most out of lab testing and analysis.
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