Food Safety And Inspection News
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FSMA Public Meeting Concerning Proposed Rules On Foreign Supplier Verification Programs And The Accreditation Of Third-Party Auditors/Certification Bodies
8/16/2013
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the two proposed rules aimed at strengthening assurances that imported food meets the same safety standards as food produced domestically.
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RGF Environmental Group Announces Development Of Ground Breaking PHI Treatment System For Meat Processors
8/8/2013
RGF Environmental Group has significantly upgraded its patented PHI Treatment System for meat processors with the introduction of a PHI Treatment Tunnel-PLUS system, which uniquely provides direct, 360-degree surface application on all exposed meat surfaces resulting in 99.9% surface microbial reduction
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Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection Makes New Connections With ProdX v1.2
8/7/2013
Networked connectivity of product inspection systems is becoming more widespread as a means of ensuring compliance with increasingly rigorous industry regulations to safeguard consumer wellbeing and protect manufacturers’ brand reputation. Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection’s enhanced data management software ProdX v1.2 optimizes product inspection data collection and monitoring to meet food safety demands
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Avure Technologies, Inc. Extends Service
8/7/2013
European and Asian food manufacturers and processors who operate Avure high pressure processing (HPP) systems now have 24 X 7 access to Avure HPP Global Technical Service
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UAlberta Researchers Develop E. Coli Test For Food Processing Facilities
8/7/2013
Medical, agriculture and computer science researchers from the University of Alberta have teamed up to develop a test that will make Canadians feel safer about the meat they put on their tables. The testing device, which is the size of a large shoe box, can detect pathogenic E. coli while meat is still at food processing facilities. The test is more sensitive at picking up E. coli strains, faster at pinpointing results, and less expensive than other tests that are currently used
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Mobile Milk Powder Packaging Facility For Africa
8/7/2013
Arla Foods has developed a new mobile milk powder packaging facility out of three 40-foot containers. This makes it more flexible to test new markets for milk powder in Africa
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Lucintel Forecasts Moderate Growth For Food And Beverage Processing Enzyme Market Over 2013-2018
7/25/2013
The worldwide enzyme market for food and beverage industry is expected to reach $1.69 billion by 2018, with a moderate growth over the next five years. The use of enzymes is growing in food and beverage processing industry as it is an essential ingredient in food items. Because of their protein nature in food items, the demand for enzyme has increased. The food and beverage processing enzyme market is highly consolidated as four key players contribute approximately 90% of the market
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Enhanced Metal Detection Software Takes The Sting Out Of Product Changeovers
7/24/2013
To enable a growing number of food manufacturers to boost the flexibility of their processing lines, Mettler-Toledo Safeline Metal Detection has advanced the software of its Profile metal detection systems. The new software improves detection sensitivity in wet and dry food products and, with Profile metal detectors’ existing Product Clustering feature, it simplifies product changeovers, allowing manufacturers to process a range of products on a single frequency setting
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Key Technology Introduces New Standard Iso-Flo Conveyor
7/18/2013
Key Technology has introduced a new standard Iso-Flo conveyor and hygienic options for all other Iso-Flo vibratory conveyors. Featuring dozens of enhancements designed to improve equipment sanitation and reduce maintenance, implementing these innovations on the Standard Utility Shaker enables Key to offer affordable pricing and four week delivery while helping customers maximize food safety and reduce the cost of maintenance
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New FDA Position On BPA
7/11/2013
Against the background of regular safety checks the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has established that the information available supports the safety of BPA in food packaging.