Schimadzu, GCMS-QP2020

Shimadzu Releases High-Sensitivity GCMS Instrument for Labs

By Food Safety Tech Staff

…sensitivity. Additional features included upgraded GCMSsolution software for intuitive control of the mass spectrometer. Optional databases have additional retention indices for common columns and support accurate qualitative analysis, quantitative method…

…sensitivity. Additional features included upgraded GCMSsolution software for intuitive control of the mass spectrometer. Optional databases have additional retention indices for common columns and support accurate qualitative analysis, quantitative method…

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Metagenomics, Food Safety

Mars Inc. and IBM Research Partner for Food Safety Genome Sequencing Project

By Maria Fontanazza

…when paired with common organisms or genes, toxins, and heavy metals. Resulting in a “microbial baseline,” or a benchmark representing normal microbe communities, the index produced from this study will…

…when paired with common organisms or genes, toxins, and heavy metals. Resulting in a “microbial baseline,” or a benchmark representing normal microbe communities, the index produced from this study will…

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Gina Kramer
Food Safety Think Tank

Activate Your Listeria Mitigation and Control Program

By Gina R. Nicholson-Kramer, Jeff Mitchell

Listeria: It has been in the news and in our food throughout the past year. It has cost companies millions of dollars in recalls, shutdowns and mitigation; it has cost…

Listeria: It has been in the news and in our food throughout the past year. It has cost companies millions of dollars in recalls, shutdowns and mitigation; it has cost…

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Timothy Ahn, LRQA
FST Soapbox

Tackling the “Why” of Food Safety

By Timothy Ahn

…to understand how a well-planned management system can help bring focus on a holistic approach that transforms the culture. A company’s ability to adopt a culture of food safety is…

…to understand how a well-planned management system can help bring focus on a holistic approach that transforms the culture. A company’s ability to adopt a culture of food safety is…

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Frank Yiannas, VP of Food Safety, Walmart

Catch the Food Safety Culture Bug: How to Influence Others

By Maria Fontanazza

…that will in turn create a safer food supply, said Yiannas. He reviewed four tools that companies can use to implement a behavior-based food safety management system. Consistency and commitment….

…that will in turn create a safer food supply, said Yiannas. He reviewed four tools that companies can use to implement a behavior-based food safety management system. Consistency and commitment….

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X-Ray Detector Technology Heightens Sensitivity

By Food Safety Tech Staff

…cereal or bags of mixed nuts. In fact, detection sensitivity is unaffected by any type of packaging thus improving false rejection rates,” according to a company press release. The system…

…cereal or bags of mixed nuts. In fact, detection sensitivity is unaffected by any type of packaging thus improving false rejection rates,” according to a company press release. The system…

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Deirdre Schlunegger, STOP Foodborne Illness
Food Safety Culture Club

Ten Years and Counting: Advocating Change

By Deirdre Schlunegger

…Together with Frank Yiannas, vice president of food safety for Walmart, Mike Taylor, senior fellow at Freedman Consulting, and Steve Schluneger, principal of Intrinsic Leadership, I will present and answer…

…Together with Frank Yiannas, vice president of food safety for Walmart, Mike Taylor, senior fellow at Freedman Consulting, and Steve Schluneger, principal of Intrinsic Leadership, I will present and answer…

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Deirdre Schlunegger, CEO of STOP Foodborne Illness
Food Safety Culture Club

A Face Behind Foodborne Illness

By Deirdre Schlunegger

…the devastating stories of foodborne illness. I am glad that companies vow to turn things around once things have gone wrong, but I do wish that the same companies had…

…the devastating stories of foodborne illness. I am glad that companies vow to turn things around once things have gone wrong, but I do wish that the same companies had…

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