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Food Safety

Investigators don’t find common source of blackberries from hepatitis outbreak

People in 7 states reported getting sick

February 19, 2020

A traceback investigation by the FDA did not find a single, common source of blackberries linked to a hepatitis A outbreak.

Food Safety

FDA moves to in-depth analysis after romaine field tests didn’t find outbreak strains

'Root-cause' investigation will help determine needed preventive controls

Rose Shilling

January 16, 2020

E. coli tests of romaine fields where investigators traced contaminated lettuce did not turn up outbreak strains, so the FDA will move to an in-depth “root-cause” investigation for three outbreaks.

Dry Processing Technology

Traceability suite

December 19, 2019

With the iTracefresh mobile application, growers and shippers can trace their products from field to fork.

Dry Processing Technology

Tracking portal

December 18, 2019

Farm to Plate is a blockchain-based provenance and tracking portal for farm and field products.

Dry Processing Technology

TrackMyWay track and trace solution

December 17, 2019

TrackMyWay provides dialogue between various stakeholders throughout a product’s supply chain journey and lifecycle.

Dry Processing Technology

Kitchen batching system

December 16, 2019

This semiautomatic, multiple bin batching system controls and verifies operator involvement and actions, assuring accurate weighing and correct batches.

Food Safety

Romaine E. coli update: Illnesses subsiding, FDA tracking 3 separate outbreaks

FDA awaiting final results from Salinas farm samples

Rose Shilling

December 13, 2019

As the FDA awaits final results from extensive E. coli tests of romaine lettuce farms in one California growing region, it says outbreak illnesses are slowing, though two separate outbreaks have popped up.

Engineering R&D

DNA-based solution tracks fruit, produce, oils, grains

Wayne Labs

October 16, 2019

SafeTraces Inc. was recently granted a U.S. patent which discloses a ground-breaking method for encoding and decoding digital information to and from DNA strands drawn from seaweed.

Food Safety

FDA warns about papayas after company refuses recall

Investigators: Fruit likely linked to multistate salmonella outbreak

Rose Shilling

July 20, 2019

The FDA warned people to avoid Cavi brand fresh, whole papayas after distributor Agroson’s LLC refused to initiate a recall.

Engineering R&D

GRL enables processors to track and trace product

Wayne Labs

July 19, 2019

Imagine the ability to track a product anywhere in the world with accuracy of within one foot—less than 31 cm. Sounds impossible, but with technology that LocatorX is developing, it can be done.