Environmental monitoring - Articles

Food processing factory workers loading into a food cart.

Food Waste Management

Managing Facility-Induced Food Waste

While processors have equipment and software fine-tuned to prevent process waste, their building could be working against them.

Wayne Labs

August 17, 2026

Older facilities, in many cases, can be maintained to protect ingredients and finished goods. However, attention should be paid to drainage systems, along with monitoring environmental temperatures, humidity and airflows in critical spaces.

The Value of Speed in Track-and-Trace Environmental Monitoring Programs

Matthew Hahs

June 30, 2026

Effective environmental monitoring programs are defined not by how much data they collect, but by how quickly they trace data forward and backward to isolate the source and analyze the impact.

Track and Trace

Novolyze Upgrades Its Environmental Monitoring Program

May 3, 2023

The company’s EMP technology may be used for improved outbreak forecasting.

USGS: Integrated Science for the Study of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Environment

Environmental Health

PFAS dangers: The saga continues

While FDA, EPA and NIH have been studying PFAS in water and food, the U.S. Geological Survey suggests there’s much more work to be done

Wayne Labs

December 22, 2021

PFAS chemicals in our environment can be dangerous to humans and animals.

New Plant Products

Cloud-based environmental monitoring

June 15, 2021

The platform digitalizes food safety and quality programs by aggregating, normalizing and centralizing data and transforming them into actionable insights.

What processors need to know about environmental monitoring

Richard F. Stier

December 17, 2019

Do we need to establish a program for environmental monitoring for pathogens?

New Plant Products

E Instruments E4500-S gas/emissions analyzer

May 14, 2019

The E Instruments E4500-S combustion gas and emissions analyzer measures both NOx and SOx.

New Plant Products

E Instruments E1500 combustion gas and emissions analyzer

September 12, 2018

The E Instruments E1500 hand-held combustion gas and emissions analyzer features gas sensors for O2 and CO; temperature and pressure measurements; and efficiency, excess air and CO2 calculations.

Automation Series

Integrating process control and building automation systems

If your systems communicate with each other, you may save money on energy, improve quality and enhance food safety.

Wayne Labs

May 21, 2018

You don’t want to be fighting your plant’s operating environment. You want it under control—not only for maintaining product quality and consistency, but also food safety.

Technology Sourcebook

E Instruments AQ Expert air quality monitor

September 25, 2017

The E Instruments AQ Expert air quality monitor can measure 7 different gases simultaneously, in addition to temperature, % RH, and barometric and differential pressure.