Food Safety Strategies - Articles

Fumigation: An effective pest control method for food supply chain of custody

Jeff Jones

June 5, 2018

In some cases, fumigation work will be the most linear, effective way of treating a pest problem of great acuity.

Fully-cooked ground-beef products recalled due to possible foreign matter contamination

June 5, 2018

Goodman Food Products, Texas, Inc., a Mansfield, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 34,400 pounds of fully cooked ground beef products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically hard, white plastic.

Food Safety Summit Q&A with Mark Duffy, Universal Pure (Part 1)

June 4, 2018

In this video interview, Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief of The National Provisioner, discusses food safety trends and HPP with Mark Duffy, CEO of Universal Pure, at the 2018 Food Safety Summit in Rosemont, Ill.

Organic Trade Association kicks off pilot project to deter organic fraud

The pilot is designed to be an intensive-focused exercise in which participants will "test drive" the fraud prevention and detection strategies developed by the GOSCI Task Force.

June 4, 2018

The Organic Trade Association (OTA), Washington, D.C., kicked off of a groundbreaking pilot project to prevent and detect fraud in the global organic system.

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Marler Clark files lawsuits over romaine E. coli outbreak

Firm hopes to force the disclosure of where in the chain of distribution the contamination occurred.

Crystal Lindell

June 3, 2018

The firm says it is filing the lawsuits against the place of purchase of the contamination of the romaine to force the disclosure of where in the chain of distribution the contamination occurred.

Snack and bakery facilities revamp ventilation systems to address common issues

Snack and bakery operators need right air-handling equipment design to keep production environments safe.

Ed Finkel

June 1, 2018

Snack and bakery companies frequently need to design and outfit their facilities with ventilation systems to address issues like food and worker safety and avoid cross-contamination.

On-Pack Freeze Alert for Food Safety During Shipping

June 1, 2018

Chromatic Technologies Inc. and American Thermal Instruments introduce BlindSpotz freeze-warning technology. It can be printed economically on individual packages to help protect medical supplies and foods, while also lowering product waste.

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Mock norovirus outbreak at Food Safety Summit infects 202 people in one day

NoroCORE ran a button experiment during the summit, simulating a norovirus outbreak and tracked the results.

Crystal Lindell

May 31, 2018

The first outbreak started at the evening reception when the exhibit hall opened, and its Patient Zero was Chip Manuel from Diversey, which ended up infecting 202 people in total.

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Broken metal leads to H-E-B recall of ice creams and sherbets

Specific flavors and container sizes of EconoMax and Hill Country Fare ice creams and Creamy Creations sherbets recalled for broken metal in processing equipment.

Crystal Lindell

May 31, 2018

The affected products were distributed to stores in Texas and Mexico.