Articles Tagged with ''equipment''

Into the Wee Hours, Sanitation and Safety Keep Working Side by Side

Without improved controls, operational efficiencies used to reduce sanitation time will result in a higher risk to both food and worker safety

Hilarie Warren M.P.H., C.I.H. Jenny Houlroyd M.S.P.H., C.I.H. Wendy White M.Sc.

April 19, 2022

This article will focus on why third-shift food and beverage sanitation work can be so challenging and dangerous, why it receives so much attention from OSHA, and what resources and control strategies are available for employers. The authors discuss the physical and chemical challenges with food processing equipment design and sanitation requirements as they relate to the safe performance of cleaning tasks.

To Buy or Not to Buy? Considerations When Purchasing Used Food Processing Equipment

Janna Hamlett Ph.D.

February 15, 2022

Used food processing equipment can be a great asset to a facility, but it is important to ensure that the equipment will fit with existing processing needs and food safety considerations.

Understanding NSF Certification and How it Can Benefit Food Equipment Manufacturers

Dhruv Kishore Bole, M.B.A, PCQI, LSSGB

November 30, 2021

In food processing and service environments, hygienic equipment design is critical to food safety.

Preventive Maintenance: Another Preventive Control?

Keeping food safe is the ultimate goal

Bob Lijana M.Sc.

August 17, 2021

By transforming maintenance into a preventive control, its effectiveness is enhanced by helping prevent food safety issues from occurring and increasing the company's confidence in its quality and food safety programs.

Field Reports

High-speed interleaving, stacking results in sanitary production

April 18, 2019

Despite ongoing production pressures on meat and poultry operations managers, making the effort to follow best practice sanitary standards can not only enhance food safety and production but also add value to products.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS - MARCH 2019

Finding the right equipment for manufacturing legal cannabis beverages

Challenges like working with cannabis oil have beverage developers looking for equipment solutions.

Casey Laughman

March 21, 2019

When it comes to traditional food and beverage production, processors work to establish standardized processes and procedures that wouldn’t have to vary much if an ingredient, such as olive oil, was switched to a different supplier. Developing legal cannabis edibles and beverages, however, is a different story.

New food inspection equipment offers greater performance and cost savings

Jorge Izquierdo

January 4, 2019

From flying cars to sustainable energy sources, visions of tomorrow’s most life-enhancing technologies invariably revolve around more efficient ways to operate.

Live: August 6, 2026 at 2:00 pm EDT: Attend this webinar to learn strategies for strengthening environmental control programs through a layered approach to pathogen management.

Live: August 11, 2026 at 2:00 pm EDT: Attend this webinar to learn why ambient air is the largest and most overlooked contamination zone in food processing, and what it costs you between scheduled cleans.

Live: August 25, 2026 at 2:00 pm EDT: This webinar will cover why managing bird activity should be a priority for your business, the complexities involved in effective bird control, and proactive strategies to help protect your facility.