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Volume 7,
Number 15   August 11,
2011

CSPI says
Salmonella recall points to USDA
inaction
The recent turkey
products recall involved 36 million pounds of
fresh and frozen turkey. Problem is that USDA
doesn't consider Salmonella as an "adulterant"
as it does E. coli O157:H7, thus testing is
lax.

PACK
EXPO 2011 bigger than 2009
The
2011 Las Vegas show offers attendees the
opportunity to connect with more than 1,600
suppliers and 25,000 colleagues while providing
total systems solutions for integrated
production lines.

How
dairy learned to love third-party
auditing
Self-certification to
the sanitary design standards of dairy
processors' 3-A program worked will for half a
century. With FSMA, the 3-A symbol will have
more significance than it did before.

FDA,
federal partners develop tools for
food-emergencies
Satisfying
FSMA's call for coordination among federal
food-safety agencies and the development of
resources to help local and state agencies, this
new program focuses on quick response.

Kids,
junk food and media--the debate
continues
We've created a
perfect storm for childhood obesity, says a
pediatrician. In fact, American society couldn't
do a worse job of keeping children fit and
healthy, he states. Food makers
disagree.

Third-party
audits: Adopting an open door
policy
Bigger welcome mats are
being laid out for third-party auditors as the
food industry reconciles itself to customer and
public demands for greater transparency.

Options
abound in high-speed door
technology
Processors have
special needs when it comes to staff and
materials entering and leaving, as well as
separating critical operations and zones in the
plant.

Tech
Update: Filling equipment
Faster
fill times are nice, but a host of other
considerations also are part of manufacturers'
value calculations. Those needs are evident in
the systems being developed.

Accurate
test sieve calls for quality
screen
As processor/packager
verifies incoming powder products have the right
granularity, it relies on air-jet test sieve to
deliver
results.

United Natural
Foods, Inc. signed a three-year
distribution agreement with Safeway
Inc.

TÜV SÜD America
Inc. appointed John
Petie to the position of food safety
program manager in its management services
division.

The Food
Marketing Institute named
Terry Levee as its director of
food safety programs.

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