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In this bonus episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak to Elanco Poultry Food Safety’s Dr. Alissa Welsher about why fly pressures increase during warmer months, the risks flies can pose within poultry operations, and how producers can proactively address flies through integrated pest management (IPM) strategies. 

Adding to a growing body of evidence that micro- and nanoplastics may enhance the virulence and persistence of pathogens in food and the environment, a new study found that nanoplastics may strengthen E. coli biofilms in drinking water systems and increase resistance to chlorine treatment.

The co-occurrence of biofilm formation, acid tolerance, and antimicrobial resistance genes in E. coli isolated from irrigation water, soil, and crops could complicate downstream microbial control efforts in produce production systems.

In low-moisture food manufacturing, keeping your facility dry is key environmental control, yet many facilities treat water in their environment with a level of complacency that does not match its impact. What is needed is a more disciplined mindset—one that treats water with the same seriousness applied to other high-risk materials, such as glass.

The solution includes a clean-in-place (CIP) spray header and can be used to apply sanitizing chemicals to food processing equipment such as conveyors, hoppers, bins, mixers, and other production areas.

The VR Sleeve Gloves combine heavy-duty nitrile gloves with PolyCo’s lightweight VR Protective Sleeves for protection against disinfectants and other harsh chemicals.

The Pest Management Pyramid graphic is a great tool for visualizing the integration of tactics toward the goal of preventative and sustainable pest management programs at food processing facilities. IFC has the expert knowledge your food safety program needs.

When a certain protein pathway was disrupted in the assembly of extracellular matrices, normal Bacillus cereus biofilm formation was impaired, but compensatory responses enabled a level of matrix plasticity that could help explain why biofilms are difficult to eradicate.

This article discusses how, in most cases, more microbial reduction comes from cleaning than from sanitizing. 

The Controlled Rotating Retractor and Controlled Rotating Retractor UltraPure are designed to provide up to twice the cleaning efficiency of conventional static spray balls while reducing water and cleaning media consumption.