Food Safety - Articles - Page 92

Food Safety

Killing two birds with one stone

June 8, 2014

A well-designed and implemented chemical purchasing, handling and storage program bolsters a company’s food safety and food defense programs.

Regulatory Watch

IDFA, NMPF oppose interstate sale of raw milk

June 4, 2014

Dairy producers and dairy processors have found another issue on which they agree.

TECH FLASH

Electropolishing cuts cleaning time in removing stubborn deposits

New report shows surfaces produced by electropolishing can cut costs and increase food safety.

Jeremy Gerrard

May 28, 2014

A recent report by Keith Raney of UltraClean Electropolish Inc. and Richard Avery, consultant to the Nickel Institute Inc., details the ability of an electropolished surface to reduce cleaning time to remove stubborn deposits not removed by usual clean-in-place methods.

TECH FLASH

British Retail Consortium introduces new Agents and Brokers Standard

SGS UK awards Mardon first ever global standard for auditing and certifying agents and brokers in the food supply chain

Shane O'Halloran

May 28, 2014

BRC began to develop the standard following the horsemeat scandal in the UK, when it identified the weak link in the supply chain as the lack of traceability back to source for food products.

TECH FLASH

New GFSI Checklists released

Getting Started with GFSI checklists are now available to download

Jeremy Gerrard

May 28, 2014

While GFSI is a gold standard in the food and beverage industry, only one-third of processors are compliant

Massive ground beef recall feared to have shipped nationwide

Jeremy Gerrard

May 20, 2014

The Wolverine Packing Company of Detroit recalled about 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products on Monday because of a potential E. coli contamination.

TECH FLASH