Food Online Guest Contributors

  1. Best Practices For Conducting Virtual FAT's In Food Manufacturing 11/11/2020

    When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it became critical that manufacturing plants remain open and operating to provide essential items such as food, beverage, sanitation supplies and more to consumers. New practices were put into place to ensure the safety of all and maintain efficient, effective operations. A critical aspect of keeping up with consumer demand has been the testing and acceptance of new equipment. With consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies reluctant to bring suppliers into their facilities and service technicians limited in their ability to travel due to COVID-19 protocol, the industry has had to get creative to complete the process.

  2. Meat Processing Companies: Benefits Of Electrocoagulation 10/30/2020

    While vegetarianism and veganism have both grown in popularity in the past decade, vegans and vegetarians combined are vastly outnumbered by people who love meat. In the United States, where we have hot-dog-eating contests and food-eating challenges, we consume a lot of meat of all types. Therefore, meat-processing water treatment is required to package and process these foods within the U.S. and across the world.

  3. Optimal Ultrafiltration Uses For Beverage And Dairy Companies 6/29/2020

    When you’re sipping on a cold soda or snacking on a creamy piece of cheese, you probably don’t really think about what went into making your food or beverage. Aside from the automated production-line machines, one of the most important things that goes into the making of any soda, juice, wheel of cheese, or gallon of milk is water. Producing beverages and dairy products uses substantial amounts of water within production processes.

  4. 4 Benefits Of Electrocoagulation For Food And Beverage Wastewater Treatment 10/1/2019

    With a global population of over seven billion people, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of companies in the world that produce the food and beverages that are needed to meet this global demand. These companies require massive amounts of water to produce their products, and those products result in equal amounts of wastewater. It’s simple enough to just discharge the wastewater into a nearby stream or surface water source and be finished with it. However, with constantly changing environmental regulations and pressure to be more environmentally conscious, food and beverage companies face increasing requirements of beverage and food wastewater treatment.

  5. A FSMA Rundown: Where The Industry Currently Stands On Preventive Controls Rules 12/28/2015

    The FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act is designed to standardize food safety within the U.S. and countries importing food to the U.S. Now that the Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) rules have been finalized, compliance dates are just a couple of years away, and even some documentation is required in less than one year.

  6. 5 Eye-Opening Facts About Recordkeeping Under FSMA 7/15/2015

    Although food companies have lots of experience creating records, these records have never been subject to the type of scrutiny they soon will face by the Food FDA under FSMA. The FDA will not only assess whether companies adopt programs that are adequate, but also will inspect whether these programs are consistently implemented.

  7. Guest Column: Learning Points From The Largest U.S. Food Recall In History 7/13/2009
    Events earlier this year prove the consequences of dismissing the importance of pest management. Pests are the very basic threat to health and product quality. They spread hundreds of diseases and destroy billions of dollars worth of products each year. By Bruce Achterman, Technical Director, In-Quiz-It Software
  8. Learning Points From The Largest U.S. Food Recall In History 7/13/2009
    Events earlier this year prove the consequences of dismissing the importance of pest management. Pests are the very basic threat to health and product quality. They spread hundreds of diseases and destroy billions of dollars worth of products each year. By Bruce Achterman, Technical Director, In-Quiz-It Software