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Recently concluded research funded by the Center for Produce Safety provides practical, immediately actionable insights that industry can integrate into their operations, ranging from sanitation best practices, to Salmonella and E. coli mitigation, to wild bird management, and more.

Setting a new a new precedent for preharvest food safety interventions, the first-ever registration of an antimicrobial treatment for foodborne pathogens in preharvest agricultural water has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

XENON’s new stainless steel washdown lamp housing is powered by Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) -based PUREPULSE technology, providing an eco-friendly and effective sanitization solution for food packaging processes.

Maintaining high standards throughout the production process is crucial in the food industry. Contamination can lurk in the most unexpected places, necessitating constant vigilance. 

ITW Pro Brands now offers Refill Packs for its SCRUBS In-a-Bucket cleaning wipes.

In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak to Brendan Niemira, Ph.D., a Research Microbiologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA’s ARS), about his work developing cold plasma technology for microbial decontamination in food applications, and its potential to advance food safety.

PathoSans has selected Darin Detwiler, Ph.D. to lead its food safety advisory team. Dr. Detwiler is a food safety policy expert, author, advisor, columnist, and professor.  

This article discusses how Maple Leaf Foods' redesign of its wet food sanitation processes led to reduced recurring equipment damage that caused startup downtime. It also improved sustainability, saved costs, and ensured food safety through better management of resources.
 

A recent study has demonstrated the protection that multispecies biofilms provide to Listeria monocytogenes against sanitizers, and could help inform more effective sanitation procedures in food processing environments.

A recent study reviewed the efficacy of environmentally friendly pathogen inactivation methods against Listeria monocytogenes biofilms in food production environments, specifically, electrolyzed water, plasma-activated water, ozone, and enzymes.