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Flooding and Food Safety: A Two-Part Plan for Extreme Weather Season

By Paula Herald

…doubt, throw it out. Unpackaged food (examples: fruits, vegetables) Food in permeable packaging (examples: flour in bags, produce in cardboard boxes) Food packaging materials Refrigerated food in a refrigerated unit…

…doubt, throw it out. Unpackaged food (examples: fruits, vegetables) Food in permeable packaging (examples: flour in bags, produce in cardboard boxes) Food packaging materials Refrigerated food in a refrigerated unit…

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Maria Fontanazza, Food Safety Tech
From the Editor’s Desk

Top 10 from the 2020 Food Safety Consortium Virtual Conference Series

By Maria Fontanazza

…virtual company, and this is the one time of year that most of the Food Safety Tech and Innovative Publishing Company team are together. When we made the decision to…

…virtual company, and this is the one time of year that most of the Food Safety Tech and Innovative Publishing Company team are together. When we made the decision to…

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Katie Banaszewski, NOW Foods
In the Food Lab

Making Supplements Safer: Tackling the Pesticide Problem

By Katie Banaszewski

…mitigation without needing to change the entire workflow. In addition to the aforementioned analytical hurdles, some lesser-defined commodities lack maximum residue limits, complicating the interpretation of results and specification of…

…mitigation without needing to change the entire workflow. In addition to the aforementioned analytical hurdles, some lesser-defined commodities lack maximum residue limits, complicating the interpretation of results and specification of…

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Dan Okenu, Ph.D., Food Safety Manager, H-E-B
Retail Food Safety Forum

Ebola Virus and Body Fluids Clean-Up in Retail Food Operations

By Dan Okenu, Ph.D.

…back of the house. Buffet style food services should develop a better strategy to completely protect food from self-service customers. Proper cleaning and sanitizing of food contact surfaces using best

…back of the house. Buffet style food services should develop a better strategy to completely protect food from self-service customers. Proper cleaning and sanitizing of food contact surfaces using best

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Bob Lijana

Checklists: Useful Tools or Traps?

By Bob Lijana

…get right, that is, when there is a high degree of complexity for certain actions. For example, commercial airplanes have “become too much airplane for one person to fly.” Hence,…

…get right, that is, when there is a high degree of complexity for certain actions. For example, commercial airplanes have “become too much airplane for one person to fly.” Hence,…

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FDA to Test Yuma-Grown Romaine Lettuce for E. Coli and Salmonella

By Food Safety Tech Staff

…samples, which will be tested for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Salmonella, will be collected from commercial coolers in Yuma County, Arizona during the current harvest season. FDA plans…

…samples, which will be tested for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Salmonella, will be collected from commercial coolers in Yuma County, Arizona during the current harvest season. FDA plans…

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Thomas R. Weschler, Founder and President, Strategic Consulting, Inc (SCI)

Faster, Better, Cheaper… What’s Most Important in a Pathogen Test?

By Thomas R. Weschler

…Second in importance was the ability of the method to be utilized in a broad range of food matrices. Ranking third was the cost-per-test for diagnostic reagents. For food companies,…

…Second in importance was the ability of the method to be utilized in a broad range of food matrices. Ranking third was the cost-per-test for diagnostic reagents. For food companies,…

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Call For Abstracts: 2024 Food Safety Consortium

By Food Safety Tech Staff

…Motivated Adulteration, etc. Food Defense – Strategies, Best Practices and Regulations Compliance – Regulatory, FSMA, Standards, GFSI, etc. Abstracts are due by December 15, 2023, and will be judged based…

…Motivated Adulteration, etc. Food Defense – Strategies, Best Practices and Regulations Compliance – Regulatory, FSMA, Standards, GFSI, etc. Abstracts are due by December 15, 2023, and will be judged based…

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Food Safety Survey
Food Safety Culture Club

Global Food Safety Survey Reveals Challenges and Opportunities in Employee Training Practices

By Food Safety Tech Staff

…to food safety protocols on the floor. 78% of companies with a mature upskilling programs reported having highly motivated employees, compared to 43% for companies without an upskilling program. When…

…to food safety protocols on the floor. 78% of companies with a mature upskilling programs reported having highly motivated employees, compared to 43% for companies without an upskilling program. When…

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FDA Issues Final Guidance on New Dietary Ingredient Notification Procedures

By Food Safety Tech Staff

for food, or of a dietary supplement that contains the NDI, must submit a premarket safety notification to FDA at least 75 days before introducing the product into interstate commerce….

for food, or of a dietary supplement that contains the NDI, must submit a premarket safety notification to FDA at least 75 days before introducing the product into interstate commerce….

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