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Eagle Introduces Pack 1000 PRO for X-Ray Inspection of Large Cases, Multipacks

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
July 8, 2026

The system provides 1,000 millimeters of inspection coverage and supports belt speeds of up to 76 meters per minute. An optional integrated barcode reader enables inspection of mixed cases and supports multilane production environments.


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Researchers Find Plant Extract Effectively Removes Microplastics from Drinking Water

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
June 12, 2026

Moringa oleifera seed extract could potentially serve as a sustainable alternative to conventional alum coagulants for microplastic removal in drinking water treatments, while also allowing for process simplification and cost savings.


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PPM, Key Introduce Fully Integrated Chip Processing Line

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
May 20, 2026

The line combines PPM’s frying, seasoning, and product handling systems with Key’s optical sorting technology into a unified processing solution, from slicing through packaging.


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Employee Uniforms: A Frontline Defense Against Food Contamination

May 1, 2026

Uniforms designed for food safety are a vital part of every food processing program, helping prevent contamination and streamline audits.


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Next-Gen Fortress Touchscreen Interface Supports Food Safety, Compliance

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
March 31, 2026
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Mettler Toledo Offers Guide to Preventing Physical Contamination

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
March 18, 2026

The free resource outlines practical ways to identify risks, select the right inspection technologies, and build a proactive foreign material contamination prevention strategy, focusing on five key areas of food safety management.


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FlexXray: Emerging Technologies for Improving Foreign Material Detection

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
March 17, 2026

In this bonus episode of Food Safety Matters, Kye Luker, Chief Product Officer at FlexXray, discusses the significant challenge of foreign material contamination, and how food processors can improve detection and inspection with advanced technologies and third-party partnerships. 


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Key Technology Introduces COMPASS Optical Sorter for Vegetable Processing

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
March 12, 2026

The system was developed for vegetable processors handling multiple SKUs, mixed products, and frequent production changeovers. COMPASS is ideal for fresh and individually quick frozen (IQF) corn, peas, and green beans.


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Food Safety Five Ep. 23: One of 2025’s Hottest Topics—Microplastics in Food

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Bailee Henderson
January 6, 2026

This episode of Food Safety Five discusses a food safety issue that was covered in some of our most-read scientific articles of 2025: microplastics release from food contact materials and contamination of food.


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Top Ten Food Safety Scientific Studies of 2025

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Bailee Henderson
December 29, 2025

The top ten food safety research projects that excited Food Safety Magazine’s audience the most in 2025 covered Listeria monocytogenes (especially related to biofilms), microplastics, Escherichia coli, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), avian influenza in dairy, microbial threats in irrigation water, and food allergens.


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