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Food Safety

Documentation is key to proving hazard control

August 6, 2019

Many processors have grown more sophisticated at compiling information and presenting it when inspectors ask for proof that a facility's food safety management system is working. But no matter the companies’ size or record management methods, they likely experience some of the common deficiencies that experts see.

Warehouse compliance to the Food Safety Modernization Act

Jerry Heaps

May 23, 2019

I recently had a warehouse manager mention that it had been twelve years since an FDA inspection.

X-ray Machine for Foreign Material Inspection in Food

Food Safety

Foreign-object contamination in meat and poultry

Foreign affairs: Processors must leverage appropriate technologies, inspections and training programs to minimize product contamination from foreign objects.

Richard Mitchell

May 3, 2019

The threat of foreign-object contamination in meat and poultry is becoming more prominent.

Fish fillet items recalled for lack of federal inspection

March 4, 2019

Approximately 51,942 pounds of frozen Siluriformes fish products, specifically Basa fillets, were not presented for import re-inspection into the United States.

A step change in digital sorting

As technology evolves, there are times when changes are incremental and times when step changes occur in a way that massively disrupts the status quo. Digital sorting has recently experienced such a step change.

Marco Azzaretti

November 9, 2017

Key Technology discusses how the evolving needs of food processors push advancements in processing equipment and technology.