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Using IOT in the food service industry

IOT remote monitoring of key assets should be a top operations priority
Melanie Bradley
October 7, 2018
The deployment of an IoT solution provides a “second pair of eyes” that continuously manages and monitors key equipment within the facility, freeing up time to perform other critical, necessary tasks and activities.
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Supply Chain

Fighting food fraud with the right tools

Analytical and software tools make it easier to manage suppliers and weed out fraudulent ones
Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
October 5, 2018

Severin Weiss, CEO of SpecPage and an expert in integrated software process solutions for recipe-based food and beverage processors, thinks PLM (product lifecycle management) and PDM (product data management) are two sets of tools that can help food processors avoid using fraudulent ingredients from less-than-scrupulous suppliers.


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Food scientists study how virtual reality can alter consumers' tastebuds

Panelists rated the pungency of the blue cheese significantly higher in the cow barn setting than in the sensory booth or the virtual park bench.
October 5, 2018
Food scientists from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., used virtual reality (VR) to show how people's perception of real food can be altered by their surroundings, according to "Dynamic Context Sensory Testing–A Proof of Concept Study Bringing Virtual Reality to the Sensory Booth."
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Walmart, Sam's Club utilize blockchain technology to achieve end-to-end food traceability

The aim is to now extend the technology to help reduce the number of people who fall ill during food incidents while at the same time reducing losses for retailers and suppliers during a recall.
October 4, 2018
Walmart, Bentonville, Ark., and Sam’s Club will ask suppliers of leafy greens to implement real-time, end-to-end traceability back to the farm using blockchain technology by this time next year.
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Food Safety

Asian Fusion Cookies recalled for undeclared allergens

Products sold by mail contain wheat, milk and soy
September 20, 2018
Sarap Asian Fusion has recalled Asian Fusion Cookies sold through online mail orders because packages did not say they contain wheat, milk and soy. There are no reports of illnesses to date from the allergens.
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When should the public find out about recalls?

Experts from the CDC, USDA and others debate how much information should be shared with public during recalls and outbreaks during a recent IAFP panel.
Crystal Lindell
Crystal Lindell
July 13, 2018
Experts from the CDC, USDA and others debate how much information should be shared with public during recalls and outbreaks during a recent IAFP panel.
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