Food Safety Case Studies

  1. Townsends, Inc. Controls Condensation And Saves Energy With Munters PowerPurge™ Dehumidification System 8/1/2007
    Townsends, Inc. is one of the largest processors of chicken in the United States. Townsends produces more than 12 million pounds of chicken a week and is one of the top three producers of quality boneless breast meat in the nation with an annual production level of more than 125 million pounds
  2. Metal Detectors Keeps Marsha's Buckeyes Safe

    Known as the “Buckeye State” after the buckeye tree, Ohio is also well known for candy Buckeyes, confections made in the shape of the nut from this famous tree. One of the best known producers of these candies is Marsha’s Homemade Buckeyes of Perrysburg, Ohio.

  3. How A Contract Pathogen Testing Lab Expanded Without Additional Resources

    Contract food testing laboratories have experienced nearly 10 percent CAGR over the last five years. Because of this growth, one contract food safety laboratory began exploring alternative testing options to enable sustained growth while minimizing additional expenses associated with hiring staff, increased overtime, and facility expansion. This Case Study explores how that contract lab was able to grow its business with no additional resources while providing higher quality results to clients.

  4. Bun Facility Finds Vacuum Worthy Of Its High-Tech Operation

    This case study shows how Turano Bakery upgraded its industrial vacuums to reduce downtime and optimize operational efficiency.

  5. Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor (HPV) Bio-Decontamination Of A Food Production Facility

    Abnormal bioburden levels of Salmonella and Listeria were observed in a food processing plant. Bioquell’s Professional Services team was commissioned to undertake hydrogen peroxide vapor (HPV) bio-decontamination.

  6. X-Ray/Metal Detection Takes On New Food Safety Regulations

    Customers and federal regulators expect more and more from suppliers in today’s increasingly competitive and federally-monitored marketplace.

  7. Pasteurization In A Laboratory Glassware Washer

    Typically, pasteurization is performed with a benchtop pasteurization system in a stove-top immersion bath. Bottles are immersed in boiling water and held at temperature for a given amount of time. The problem is while the immersion process is inexpensive, it is neither accurate nor controlled, and the benchtop equipment can be expensive and complicated to install and operate. A solution is the laboratory glassware washer which simulates tunnel washer conditions— i.e. the bottles are sprayed with water at a certain temperature.