Testing and Analysis
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- Verification Strategies for the Food Allergen Labeling Law
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The new law requires food manufacturers to have processes in place that reduce or eliminate accidental cross-contact between non-allergenic foods and known food allergens.
- Food Lab Accreditation Takes Off With FDA, USDA Support
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For a lab to receive accreditation, it must be able to prove to an accrediting body that its tests are applicable, appropriate and functioning correctly.
- Remel-Oxoid Merger Creates Global Industry Powerhouse
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Merger drives innovation for microbiological testing in food products.
- Moving Forward to Achieve Global Listeria Control
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The food industry and government have long been aware of the persistence of Listeria in the environment and in processing plants.
- Microbial Detection – Taking It to the Limits
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Whichever method is used for sampling and detecting microorganisms, it represents only a fraction of the actual level present in a food product.
- Enterobacter sakazakii: The Quest for Tests
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Continued development and improvement of rapid methods for the detection and characterization of this emerging microorganism is needed.
- Training Is a Key Component in Serving Patrons with Food Allergies
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Training of waitstaff on food allergens is essential, but the entire establishment should maintain an allergen-free kitchen and incorporate a company-wide food safety culture.
- Technology Round-Up: New Frontiers in Pathogen Testing
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A review of the latest advancements in microbial pathogen testing technologies.
- Successful Sampling Program, Part III: Environmental Air and Surface Techniques
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Part three in a series on sampling, focusing on food safety quality control in microbial air sampling.
- Salmonella and Campylobacter: A Methods Update
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This article reviews the current research, regulations and identification and detection methods available to processors for the evaluation of Salmonella and Campylobacter in food products.
- Advances in Automated Rapid Methods for Enumerating E. coli
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Enumeration methods have improved dramatically in the past few years, becoming more rapid, more automated and more accurate.
- Getting a Handle on Listeria
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An interview with Catherine W. Donnelly, Ph.D., University of Vermont, provides background on the emergence of this pathogen as a health concern.
- N60—What It Is and What It Is Not
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N60-Trim sampling is recognized as the gold standard sampling procedure for beef trimmings destined for raw ground use across the beef industry.
- Product Safety Device Maintenance Is Critical
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There is no doubt that product safety devices…have helped make the food and beverage industry safer.
- Advances in Honey Adulteration Detection
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Adulteration of pure honey with synthetic honey has become much more prevalent in recent years.
- Indicator Organism Assays: Chaos, Confusion and Criteria
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Spoilage indicators could be considered a subset of quality indicators as microbes that cause spoilage are not necessarily those that result in foodborne illness.
- Technological Analyses: Adding Value for the Food Industry
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Standardized practices and procedures are the backbone of a laboratory and ensure consistent and reliable results.
- Make, Buy or Make Do? The Role of Automation in Analysis
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The decision to add automation in the laboratory is similarly complex; there is the potential for labor savings, increased precision, better accuracy and automated data logging.
- Sampling, Part 2: Sampling Strategies
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There are two basic categorical strategies in probability sampling: systematic and random; both are ideally suited to the art and science of food safety.
- Something Old, Something New: Innovation within Existing Food Testing Technologies
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Amid consumer, regulatory and food processor urgency to address and resolve food safety issues increases in value-added foodborne pathogen detection options is also evident.
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