The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that major foodborne pathogens cause 9 million illnesses each year. The number of foodborne illnesses motivated the FDA to create the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which Congress passed. 

It’s 3:00 a.m. Do you know where your trailer of strawberries is?

While the trend for large manufacturers is to automate a new plant in its entirety, small and medium-sized food and beverage processors rarely have the funds to automate their plants, turning them into lights-out facilities. Even some tier-one processors may find areas in certain operations where it may not make sense to over-automate.

Compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 and 8 operating systems, Fluke MET/TEMP II temperature calibration software version 5.0 is used for testing batches of sensors, calculating characterization of coefficients and generating calibration reports.