Process Control
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- How Should Packaging Be Addressed in Your Food Safety Program?
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Every food contact package must be manufactured from materials that are approved by the regulatory agencies as acceptable for food contact.
- Quality Control of Botanical Ingredients
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A quality botanical ingredient is one that uses the correct plant species and plant part, is unadulterated and safe for human consumption.
- Supplier Management: Six Steps to Selecting the Right Supplier
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Selecting the right ingredient supplier may seem like an onerous process for your supply chain, but this is an important food safety-related decision.
- Assessing the Safety of Food Contact Substances
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To obtain approval for a new food contact substance, a manufacturer is required to submit a food contact notification at least 120 days prior to the marketing of the substance.
- Breaking the Perishable Products Paradigm: Hurdle Technology Solutions from Field to Fork
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Refrigerated, perishable products offer a unique level of complexity since there is no singular technology to assure product safety for the broad spectrum of products that exist.
- Using the C-A-S-H System in Retail Operations
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There is a heightened sense of urgency surrounding the implementation of food safety programs at retail locations.
- Bridging the Quality Control Gap: How Six Sigma Can Increase Plant Food Safety and Profitability
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For food safety professionals to retain a value-perceived position in the industry, it is critical for them to truly understand the business.
- Identifying and Controlling Microbiological Cross-Contamination
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Microbiological cross-contamination has been a contributing factor to several well-documented outbreaks of foodborne illness.
- Cook-chill Reduced-oxygen Packaging in Retail and Foodservice Operations
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The cook-chill process also decreases labor, product handling and chances of cross-contamination of foods.
- Building a World-class Allergen Control Program, Part 2
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Sanitary design of equipment and facilities is a key element for not only allergen control, but to control any kind of contamination.
- It’s What’s on the Outside that Counts
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It is possible to be highly successful with own-label brands.
- How Wendy's Prevents Foreign Material in Its Meat Supply: A Proactive Approach
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Wendy’s first line of defense is their quality systems in place at each processing plant and a trained workforce and a system that alerts them to possible presence of foreign materials.
- HACCP Canada-Style: New Rules Advance Best Practices
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HACCP truly crosses borders because it is based on universally accepted scientific precepts.
- LIGHTNING MVP System Keeps QA Ducks in a Row
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Each quality program can be difficult to integrate and implement given limited staff and budget.
- Creating a Paper Trail That Works
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Records should be maintained that document a processed food’s safety and compliance with government regulations.
- Irradiation of Food Packaging Materials
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Improved microbiological safety of food may be attained by using irradiation in the production of several types of raw or minimally processed foods.
- Opportunities in Modified Atmosphere Packaging
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Modified atmosphere packaged (MAP) products can be found in almost every aisle of the supermarket today.
- Validating Food Safety Controls
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Today, different types of validation need to be done on the manufacturing equipment that is used to produce the product.
- The Total Plant Food Safety Audit: Rating Your Overall System
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For companies engaged in the manufacture or distribution of food products ensuring food safety is a key business activity.
- Utilization of Steam Heat Generated via Microwave Energy
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This study evaluated steam-heat processing of food within a covered Cambro pan containing water with energy generated via microwaves.
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