Food Safety Magazine

3M Food Safety announced this month that its 3M™ Petrifilm™ Lactic Acid Bacteria Count Plate has been awarded AOAC®Performance-Tested MethodSM, Certificate #041701 for a variety of foods.

AIB International’s catalog of Baking Process Kill Step Calculators now includes a profile for flour tortillas.

BioFront Technologies has announced that Fera Science Limited has appointed the company as its U.S. agent for its proficiency testing service, Fapas.

Food Safety Net Services Certification & Audit (FSNS C&A), a worldwide provider of certification and audit services and audit programs for the food safety industry, has announced it has been selected as the “Certification Body of the Year” at the 5th annual BRC Americas Food Safety Conference in Orlando, FL.

Sealed Air will be exhibiting at the Wisconsin Cheese Industry Conference (WCIC) at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI, April 12-13, 2017.

Hardy Diagnostics, a manufacturer and distributor of medical devices for microbiological procedures, has formed a partnership with Crystal Diagnostics (CDx).

According to multiple reports, Sealed Air Corporation has made plans to sell Diversey Care, along with the company’s food hygiene and cleaning division.

This week, Waters Corporation earned a Pittcon Today Excellence Gold Award for its ACQUITY® QDa Mass Detector at the Pittcon 2017 Conference and Expo.

Mérieux NutriSciences has finalized the acquisition of 100 percent ownership in ACM Agro, a privately held France-based company that specializes in microbiological analytical services for the agro-food industry.

Alchemy Systems and the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) recently announced a groundbreaking collaboration that enables food companies of all sizes to assess supply chain risk and build robust systems to minimize food fraud.

Thermo Scientific now offers a new infrared microscope designed for faster, more reliable results with minimal user training.

In late February, Microbac Laboratories, Inc. announced an exclusive reseller partnership for Microbac customer use of the Sample6 technology solution CONTROL.

AIB International has announced the release of Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls  (HARPC) Online, the latest addition to a growing portfolio of Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) compliance solutions.

Metrohm USA has announced the winner of its 2017 Young Chemist Award, Aldin Malkoc.

Eurofins has announced a new set of public training courses to be offered in the U.S., specifically on the West Coast.

3M Food Safety’s next generation 3M™ Molecular Detection Assays for ­Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella have been certified by NF VALIDATION from AFNOR Certification.

At ProFood Tech in Chicago, IL in April 2017, KREYENBORG Plant Technology will be presenting a successful method--known as FoodSafety-IRD--for treating bulk foods such as tea, spices, dried herbs or vegetables, nuts, kernels and seeds with infrared light so that pathogens are drastically reduced and numerous harmful substances dissolved and volatilized.

The new certification supports Heresite’s specification efforts in food service and food refrigeration applications.