Putting Food Safety on the Clock
A new hand-washing device, the SaniTimer, helps ensure bacteria-free hands and clean food.
In this second part of the article, we examine further considerations for tubing selection, such as flammability, corrosion resistance, indoor/outdoor use, and fittings.
Four Large Retailers Asked to Stop Selling ‘Mislabeled’ Herbal Supplements
The New York Attorney General’s office has ordered Walmart, Target, Walgreens and GNC to stop selling “mislabeled” herbal supplements, after independent lab tests of these supplements have revealed that they do not contain ingredients as stated on the labels.
The consortium hopes that the research will result in a ‘microbial baseline,’ which will be a gold standard for food and health officials globally to understand what triggers contamination of food and a foodborne illness outbreak.
How to build an effective environmental monitoring program and what are the factors to consider? Food Microbiology and Toxicology expert Prof. Ann Draughon offers some insights.
Sensitivity, range of or matrices, or time to results, here’ s a list of 10 most important attributes for evaluating a diagnostic method or instrument, and how contract testing labs and food companies rank their top five.
Mitigate Food Contamination Risk
Whether mycotoxins or microbiological values, heavy metals or pesticides – independent sampling and testing provide an objective and comprehensive overview of what food products contain and help comply with food safety regulations.
Salmonella – Most Expensive Pathogen
The top 15 pathogens, which includes Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter and E. coli O157:H7, make up 95 percent of illnesses and deaths from food in the U.S.
What are Special Projects and in what instances can you use it to support your product? Eurofins Microbiology Special Projects Manager Bill Centrella provides an overview and some examples.
Ask the Experts – Automation Pathogen Detection
An ideal pathogen detection solution should provide increased confidence in results, high reproducibility and robustness to routine testing labs, fit seamlessly in laboratory workflow without disrupting it, and work well for medium-to high-throughput testing laboratories. This Q&A provides some insights.
