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Plastic water bottles

Phthalates, Packaging Materials and Food Contact: Still a Problem?

While several phthalates have been ruled out of packaging materials, phthalates in food and beverages remain, but are permitted levels safe?
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
January 14, 2025

Over-reacting or not, several consumer groups and clinicians — backed by new data — want phthalates out of the food supply. But is it a doable and practical task?


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Pack 320 PRO X-ray Machine is designed for dairy producers
Vision/Inspection/Detection

X-Ray Machine Designed for Prepared Foods

February 29, 2024

Eagle Product Inspection's Pack 320 PRO inspects small to mid-sized packaged products where inspection performance is critical.


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Contaminated clams can cause illness if eaten raw
Announcements

FDA Makes Clam Advisory

December 18, 2023

FDA advises restaurants and retailers not to serve or sell and consumers not to eat chopped clams illegally harvested in Massachusetts and distributed by Red’s Best.


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Weinstein Wholesale Meats's recalled beef patties in its packaging.
Recalls

Weinstein Wholesale Meats, Inc. Recalls Ground Beef Burger Patties

April 25, 2023

FSIS found that some of the company’s beef patties may contain white neoprene.


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Vision/Inspection/Detection

FM Alert with Artificial Intelligence

January 3, 2023

This tool is designed to capture and save digital images of critical foreign material (FM) contaminants that the sorter detects and rejects from the product stream.


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Recalls

Nestlé USA Issues Voluntary Recall of Edible Cookie Dough Tubs

November 18, 2022

The company is recalling their product due to potential contamination of soft plastic.


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Agilent 1290 Infinity II LC

Analytical Instrumentation: How Low Can You Go?

Today’s analytical instrumentation is answering the call to finding extremely low levels of unwanted chemical contaminants in food.
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 1, 2022

Residual and potentially dangerous chemicals in food and drinking water have been in the news lately (see this month’s Manufacturing News for an update on PFAS) as one such report found that 80% of urine samples drawn from children and adults in the U.S. contained glyphosate. FOOD ENGINEERING has also had its share of news on heavy metals in food and baby food. Why are we seeing so much contamination?


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Under-leveler sealer
New Plant Products

Under-leveler sealer

May 4, 2021

PitMaster II is designed to help facilities save energy and keep out contaminants by providing a seal at the “fourth side” of the loading dock opening. 


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Upright brooms
New Plant Products

Upright brooms

May 4, 2021

Lite-N-Tite upright brooms are made with a patented heat-fused fiber design to eliminate premature fiber fallout and areas for contaminants to collect. 


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