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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, stories of plant closures and backups in the meat supply chain have dominated the news, making COVID-19 prevention the primary goal for meat processors.

VITO Fryfilter, Inc. recently released an intensive cleaner individually packed as tabs, for an effective cleaning of commercial deep fryers: the VITO tab.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for ready-to-eat (RTE) beef and chicken taquitos and chimichangas products containing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulated diced green chilies that have been recalled by the producer, Sun Valley Foods, due to concerns that the products may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically hard plastic.

The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections.

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the United States, the meat industry increasingly faces the potential of pandemic-related economic and legal threats.

Blockchain is often the tool of choice by food industry companies in improving food safety.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the voluntary phase-out of a certain type of short-chain per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), that contain 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol (6:2 FTOH), which may be found in certain food contact substances used as grease-proofing agents on paper and paperboard food packaging.

FoodChain ID ("FoodChain ID"), a Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC portfolio company and a platform dedicated to providing technology-enabled food safety, quality, and sustainability solutions, has acquired Nutraveris.