Food Safety Featured Articles
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Leveraging APM Technologies Can Improve Your Food-Processing Operations
5/6/2015
In a business environment as competitive as that of the food and beverage industry, manufacturers of all sizes are seeking ways to carve out a competitive edge. Ensuring that plant assets are being used to their full potential is a necessary part of remaining relevant in the market.
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How A Food Defense Plan Benefits Public Safety
5/5/2015
Both the FDA and the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service are responsible for ensuring the food supply chain is safe from intentional contamination. In addition to protection against accidental food-safety events, manufacturers and processors must also establish a plan to prevent against intentional contamination.
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FDA And FSIS Officials Chime In On Food-Safety Issues
4/30/2015
Officials from both the Food and Drug Administration and Food Safety and Inspection Service expressed optimism about FSMA’s progress at the recent National Food Policy Conference.
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Best Practices For Sanitary Design In Food And Beverage Plants
4/29/2015
With FSMA’s final deadlines looming on the horizon, there is no better time than right now for food and beverage manufacturers to enhance plant safety and protect against high costs incurred by food safety issues.
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Tyson Foods Will Eliminate Human Antibiotic Use In Chickens
4/29/2015
The number one poultry producer in the U.S. intends to eliminate the use of human antibiotics in chicken flocks by September of next year.
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FDA Rolls Out “Year Of The Food Safety Modernization Act”
4/29/2015
With a declaration that 2015 is “the year of FSMA,” the Food and Drug Administration rolled-out plans for implementation of the legislation’s final provisions. The plan was presented to members of the food industry at the FDA’s FSMA Kickoff Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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Is FSMA Making Produce Safer?
4/28/2015
Regarding the latest spinach recall, no illnesses have been reported, but consumers may be left wondering if produce is becoming safer. Despite greater consumer awareness of recalls — and food-safety events in general — increased awareness may actually be part of the cause for alarm.
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A New Level Of Communication Between Food-Processing Equipment And Plant Managers
4/27/2015
Thanks to the proliferation of new technology, pieces of equipment within a food-production line will soon be able to tell managers exactly what the machine needs to stay running in optimal condition.
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FSMA's Implementation Will Bring Changes To Food Safety Labs
4/24/2015
The Food Safety Modernization act will require research and regulatory laboratories to integrate information and work together in harmonizing standards and expanding surveillance programs.
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Consumer Advocacy Groups Recommend Fixing GRAS
4/22/2015
In 1997, the Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule which clarified the way food additives could be classified as generally recognized as safe. The FDA never finalized the rule, but has been operating under the procedure since the proposal.