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The evolution of food processing technology is examined by considering generalized examples in which process controls that were once good enough have been replaced by new approaches.

During last decade, a few novel intervention technologies were successfully developed, approved by regulatory agencies and applied as inactivation steps to enhance food safety.

Validation, verification and monitoring are critical components of food safety and quality management programs.

Foreign material such as glass, wood, metal, fruit pits, bone or stones have the potential to cause injury.  

Ishida IX-GA X-ray technology can enhance a food processor's product safety program by detecting not only foreign objects but also imperfections unrelated to contamination.

The who, how, what, where, when and why to sample are critical to control the risks of biological contamination.           

ISO 22000 is a nonprescriptive standard that provides both opportunities and challenges to organizations that desire to implement the requirements.

All sanitation programs have the ultimate goal of reducing and/or eliminating all harmful contaminants.

Aquaponics, a sustainable food production system that combines traditional aquaculture (raising aquatic animals) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbiotic environment.

This study evaluated steam-heat processing of food within a covered Cambro pan containing water with energy generated via microwaves.