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Ensuring Food Safety from the farm to the table is crucial. How inspections and audits play a key role

By Don Abbott

…and hazards, ensuring companies are compliant with regulatory requirements, and to ultimately protect all people’s health. Audits and Inspections both verify the facility’s compliance with regulatory and procedural compliance, but…

…and hazards, ensuring companies are compliant with regulatory requirements, and to ultimately protect all people’s health. Audits and Inspections both verify the facility’s compliance with regulatory and procedural compliance, but…

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GFSI and FDA’s Preventive Controls: Complementary or Redundant?

By Jennifer McEntire, Ph.D.

…GFSI-benchmarked schemes. Even if the result is the same at the end of the day, FDA inspectors may be looking for companies to follow a fairly structured approach compared to…

…GFSI-benchmarked schemes. Even if the result is the same at the end of the day, FDA inspectors may be looking for companies to follow a fairly structured approach compared to…

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Lettuce

Irrigation Water as a Tool To Reduce Pathogen Contamination

By Food Safety Tech Staff

…sanitizer concentrations may not be consistent, the researchers also wanted to measure treatment variability or “breakthrough” in commercial produce fields. To achieve this, they combined traditional water grab-sampling techniques with…

…sanitizer concentrations may not be consistent, the researchers also wanted to measure treatment variability or “breakthrough” in commercial produce fields. To achieve this, they combined traditional water grab-sampling techniques with…

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Paul Damaren

Technology and ISO Compliance: Work Smarter, Not Harder

By Paul Damaren

for ISO compliance and quality management. The use of data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming more prevalent in ISO compliance, as companies look for ways to improve the…

for ISO compliance and quality management. The use of data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming more prevalent in ISO compliance, as companies look for ways to improve the…

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Addressing Today’s Food Safety Challenges: Food Safety Consortium Brings Networking, Discussion and Education to New Jersey

…covering food safety culture, technology, supply chain and reformulation challenges and compliance concerns, as well as a presentation by Frank Yiannas, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response. Attendees…

…covering food safety culture, technology, supply chain and reformulation challenges and compliance concerns, as well as a presentation by Frank Yiannas, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response. Attendees…

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Food Protection: Prepare for the Unexpected

By Rick Biros

…manufacturers companies are naturally concerned about protecting the public’s health and well-being, their brands and their own company’s financial bottom line. The phrase “Food Protection” requires a company-wide culture that…

…manufacturers companies are naturally concerned about protecting the public’s health and well-being, their brands and their own company’s financial bottom line. The phrase “Food Protection” requires a company-wide culture that…

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USDA Awards bioMérieux GENE-UP® CAMPLYLOBACTER as Method of Choice for Campylobacter Detection

By Food Safety Tech Staff

…molecular testing needs in one place.” The GENE-UP® CAMPYLOBACTER assay is the latest of bioMérieux’s molecular diagnostic solutions to be recognized by food safety regulatory bodies in the United States….

…molecular testing needs in one place.” The GENE-UP® CAMPYLOBACTER assay is the latest of bioMérieux’s molecular diagnostic solutions to be recognized by food safety regulatory bodies in the United States….

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Top Tips for PCQI Training Success

By Maria Fontanazza

…following Q&A, she expands on these insights further to shed light on some of the misunderstandings companies have when it comes to the PCQI requirements under FSMA as well as…

…following Q&A, she expands on these insights further to shed light on some of the misunderstandings companies have when it comes to the PCQI requirements under FSMA as well as…

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FDA Is Focusing on Safety of Frozen Berries

By Food Safety Tech Staff

On July 22, the FDA announced that it is developing a food safety prevention strategy to enhance the safety of fresh and frozen berries. The move comes in response to…

On July 22, the FDA announced that it is developing a food safety prevention strategy to enhance the safety of fresh and frozen berries. The move comes in response to…

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Grimmway Carrots

Possible Salmonella Contamination: Grimmway Farms Recalls Certain Carrot Products

By Food Safety Tech Staff

Grimmway Farms has issued a voluntary recall of six types of carrot products due to concern of potential Salmonella contamination. The recall was initiated following a routine, internal company test….

Grimmway Farms has issued a voluntary recall of six types of carrot products due to concern of potential Salmonella contamination. The recall was initiated following a routine, internal company test….

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