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Our exclusive eBook, Achieving Sanitation Success with Innovative Techniques, Simplified SSOPs, and Applied Technology, will equip you with expert guidance on chemical applications and sanitation best practices to help your company achieve sanitation success and ensure food safety. 

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.

A recent study has demonstrated the extent to which defects on food contact surfaces in tree fruit packinghouses lowers the efficacy of sanitizers against Listeria monocytogenes biofilms.

With each passing year, new and emerging technologies and techniques that have promise for advancing food safety are developed and validated. This article summarizes the top food safety innovations of 2023, based on audience interest.