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No trend has been reported as being more impactful than the increase in the amount of analytical testing being conducted—especially the increase in testing for microorganisms.

Food companies and regulators have become increasingly vigilant for environmental pathogens in manufacturing facilities, with problems triggering swab-a-thons and even recalls.

Discover how using a charged aerosol detector can help olive oil producers identify adulterated product.

A strong culture of cross-functional teams engaged in problem solving at the plant level supports a consistent focus on foreign material prevention.

Trending environmental monitoring data can help with a root-cause analysis to uncover the origins of the positive finding and may inform the mitigation strategy.

The marketplace is filled with cannabidiol-based products in consumables and consumer products such as supplements, foods (human and animal), cosmetics, and beverages.

For ready-to-eat food processors, developing and implementing pathogen environmental monitoring programs are important parts of their sanitation controls.

A new approach for significantly improving detection probabilities and reducing the need for manual verification of foreign material contamination of food products is described.

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains can cause foodborne illness, necessitating the expansion of testing for these organisms.

The ability to rapidly detect the presence of viable pathogens along the production chain is essential for determining intervention and control strategies.