Food Manufacturer & Processor - Articles - Page 25

AFFI unveils validation resource for listeria prevention

Frozen food manufacturers can incorporate the new resource into a facility’s food safety plan to evaluate processing equipment for pathogen control.

March 8, 2018

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), McLean, Va., launched “How to Validate a Blancher,” a unique tool designed exclusively for the frozen food industry.

Blue Star Foods introduces scan on demand, QR code traceability app for seafood

In seconds, the consumer scans the QR code, and that product's detail is displayed.

March 6, 2018

Blue Star Foods, Doral, Fla., introduced what is dubbed as the first-ever "scan on demand" QR code-enabled verifiable traceability application for seafood.

Cold chain management gets connected in real time

Neal Lorenzi

March 6, 2018

Technologies that maintain and track temperatures in environments for finished products, from point-of-storage in snack and bakery facilities through distribution to the end customer, are becoming more connected.

Sanitary design best practices for snack and bakery facility construction

Design and build firms continue to refine current best practices for peak sanitary design for snack and bakery facilities.

Douglas Peckenpaugh

March 5, 2018

Best practices for the design of snack and bakery facilities, whether building new construction or renovating an existing building, have undergone a significant evolution in recent years.

SQF

Farmer Bros. Co. receives SQF Certification

Coffee roaster says certification is required by many customers, and will also increased production volume.

Crystal Lindell

March 5, 2018

Farmer Bros. Co. has received Safe Quality Food (SQF) Certification for its Northlake, Texas facility.

Food Safety

Chocolate biscuits recalled due to undeclared peanuts

Product was sold nationwide and in Canada

Casey Laughman

March 2, 2018

LOTTE International is recalling 1.48-ounce packages of chocolate biscuits due to undeclared peanuts.

Solving cooking deviations for processors

Deviations resulting from failure to meet lethality or stabilization critical control points

Molly Linden

February 28, 2018

The deviations caused by the failure to meet CCPs can range in severity but will undoubtedly result in a recall if product is passed into commerce before the deviation can be addressed.

Two Ardagh Group facilities achieve FSSC 22000

Company’s Missouri and Oklahoma facilities reach the Food Safety System Certification.

Crystal Lindell

February 27, 2018

The company, which is a leading producer of glass containers for the food and beverage industries in the United States, says its Pevely, Mo., and Sapulpa, Okla., glass manufacturing facilities achieved the certification.

Regulations, recalls drive food safety testing market

Research and Markets report shows that the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.2 percent from 2016 to 2021.

Crystal Lindell

February 22, 2018

Moore foodborne illness outbreaks, technological advancements, strict regulations and globalization are all driving growth in the global food safety testing market.

Recall

Fareway deli chicken salad recalled after salmonella outbreak

Consumers urged to toss any remaining product after officials confirm 37 cases in Iowa.

Crystal Lindell

February 22, 2018

Triple T Specialty Meats, Inc is recalling about 20,630 lbs. of ready-to-eat chicken salad products, which it produced for the grocery store chain after reports showed that it may be contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium.