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PURE Control poultry antimicrobial

October 7, 2016
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PURE Bioscience silver dihydrogen citrate-based PURE Control antimicrobial is USDA FSIS approved for use as a spray or dip applied to poultry carcasses, parts and organs in pre-online reprocessing and post-chill processing applications.
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Food Safety

Battling pathogens in produce

Produce is increasingly becoming associated with foodborne illnesses due to a growing number of reported outbreaks.
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Debra Schug
March 4, 2016
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Food writer Michael Pollan’s famous mantra, “Eat food, not much, mostly plants,” seems to have made an impact on consumers who are demanding fresh produce.
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Rick Stier
Food Safety

Antimicrobials are more than just ingredients

Minimize potential contamination with antimicrobial materials incorporated in floors, walls, overheads, ceilings, drains, doors, clothing and non-food contact surfaces.
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Richard F. Stier
August 24, 2015
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When most people in the food industry hear the word “antimicrobial,” they usually think about preservatives such as sodium benzoate or calcium propionate.


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Engineering R&D

Antimicrobial uses copper ions to kill foodborne bacteria

A combined chemical regimen shows promise in decreasing Salmonella and Campylobacter bacterial count in poultry processing rinse stages.
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Wayne Labs
August 23, 2015
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Many chemical bactericidal washes and rinses have been tried in the poultry processing industry with varying results; Campylobacter and Salmonella still find their way to finished product.


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Listeria hides in processing machinery

May 30, 2015
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Recent information released by Blue Bell Creameries relating to the cause of the Listeria contamination in some of its ice cream products has a familiar ring to it—improperly maintained equipment contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.


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Chemical injector

March 9, 2015
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Engineered to apply peracetic acid, quaternary ammonium and other food sanitation chemicals in small doses, the Dosatron D8RE3000 chemical injector has an injection range of 1:3,000 to 1:800 or 0.03% to 0.125%.


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Ultraviolet systems

January 12, 2015
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Unlike pasteurization, Neptune ultraviolet systems kill heat-resistant molds and ascospores; they disrupt the DNA of the organisms and prevent typical cell functions such as germination, replication or assimilation of food.


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