Bacterial Detection White Papers & Articles
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5 Quality Audits Every Food Company Should Be Doing
6/20/2017
Quality audits are a great way to fight against compromised product quality. But, what "quality audits" should be completed and how are they done?
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Avoiding Recalls Through Physical Hazard Prevention: Are You Doing Enough?
6/13/2017
Preventing physical hazards in food continues to be challenging, and frequently, the reason for companies and/or regulatory agencies issuing recall notices. A brief review of the recalls viewable online at Recall.gov indicates that the number of recalls for physical hazards per month ranges from zero to eight involving USDA and FDA amenable products. This article will provide steps to help food companies keep physical contaminants out of food, as well detail the latest technologies helping to reduce physical contamination-related recalls.
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7 Steps To Improve Food Industry Training Programs
6/2/2017
Keeping track of all that needs to be done in a food manufacturing facility while working through "challenges and opportunities" is more turbulent than hurricane force winds! Your training programs should be the first thing pulled out of the tool kit when dealing with a change or issue. So how do you create an agile and strategic program?
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Whole Genome Sequencing Will Make Food Safer... Just Not Immediately
5/19/2017
For years, there has been a buzz about how genome sequencing is revolutionizing food safety. It is definitely an incredible tool giving an immediate understanding of the genetic composition of microbial pathogens, including bacteria and viruses. However, there are still gaps needing filled regarding how pathogens produce disease and survive in foods. Genome sequencing brings us more tools to further characterize pathogens, but do not expect any other parts of food safety to be forgotten soon because of WGS.
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9 Ways Technology Aids FSMS Implementation And Continuous Improvement
5/18/2017
There are many aspects of resource allocation to consider when developing a food safety management system (FSMS) for a business and there are efficiencies to be gained in almost every area of an FSMS. Technology and software can provide your team with the tools to monitor production targets and deviations in real-time and more efficiently than visual inspection.
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Foodborne Pathogens In Produce – How'd They Get There?
4/26/2017
Produce and fruits comingle at processing plants, raising contamination potential. Industry is always developing ways to minimize contamination, but can pathogens be completely eliminated from produce?
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Trump And Food Safety: How The Industry Is Responding To Executive Orders
4/24/2017
Back in January, Food Online’s editor, Sam Lewis, penned a column covering a few predictions for the food industry in 2017. One of these predictions was the impact President Trump would have on the FDA, FSMA, and other food safety policies and legislation. In this column, I will illustrate the influence the President’s Executive Orders have had on the industry over the last several months, as well as how the industry is responding.
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Recall Communications — How To Interact Effectively With The FDA
4/21/2017
Unfortunately, food recalls aren’t a matter of “if one happens,” they are a matter of “when one happens.” And when one happens to your company, will you be able to quickly and effectively communicate it with the FDA? This article will illustrate the recall process and offer suggestions to help you get through it.
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Practical Tools For Getting Ahead Of Food Fraud
4/6/2017
Food fraud, or Economically Motivated Adulteration (EMA), costs the food industry billions of dollars annually. Fraudsters intentionally misrepresent the true identity of food ingredients, artificially enhancing them with illegal dyes, concealing the use of undeclared banned biocides, or palming off counterfeits while evading detection. But, you can fight food fraud with powerful proactive tools that can help you anticipate and reduce your company’s vulnerability to EMA.
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Rapid Pathogen Detection Methods — What To Consider
3/23/2017
Rapid methods of pathogen testing have been gaining acceptance in the food industry. Recent advances in technology result in faster detection and identification of pathogens, more convenient, more sensitive, more reproducible, and more specific than conventional methods. This article will detail several rapid pathogen detection methods, their benefits, and offer guidance to which ones your company should choose.