http://www.foodquality.com Departments Section Rss http://www.foodquality.com/details/news/810051/Product_Spotlight.html Wide-Mouth Polyethylene Terephthalate Containers; PetroOxy Oxidation Stability Tester; Flexible Freezer; Four-Hole Patty Former; Multipaq21 Data Logger; Flumequine Analysis for Food; Advanced Nanofiber Filter Cartridges; Optiquad Inline Protein Analysis Unit; CM9400 Canweigh Checkweigher; Saniflo Drum Unloader System; Twenty-Five Watt Fluorescent Lamps 2010-08-16T00:27:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/news/810037/Automated_HACCP_Can_Improve_Safety.html The food processing industry has done an incredible job of building new industrial automation systems to improve overall production processes, reduce time and cost of production, and increase overall throughput, product yields, and efficiency. In the past 18 months, however, the industry has seen an unprecedented number of supply chain safety and quality failures. 2010-08-15T23:16:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/news/810029/The_Case_for_Product_Protection_at_the_Dock.html Quality is no longer just “job one,” as a popular automaker once touted. Quality is, for food manufacturers, their lifeblood. Whether it is a cold storage or dry warehouse facility, maintaining a clean, temperature-controlled environment that is ideally suited to keeping products fresh can be challenging without the proper equipment. 2010-08-15T22:03:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/news/809961/ONLINE_EXCLUSIVE_Dont_Let_Food_Safety_Get_Lost_in_Translation.html Last year, millions of Americans looked to the nation’s capital for the latest news on pending healthcare legislation, while other bills that are critical to our nation’s health and well-being worked their way through Congress virtually unnoticed. The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 passed in the House, and the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) is coming up for debate in the Senate in early 2010. These bills represent the first comprehensive overhaul of American food safety laws in... 2010-08-15T17:11:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/news/809825/Product_Spotlight.html Sliding Softwalls; UV Lamp Detects Impurities; Sanitary Checkweigher Scales; New IQF Film; Bi-Level Grout & Corner Brush; Tray Indexing Conveyor Added to Product Line; Double Blade Ultra Hygiene Squeegees; New Impact Doors 2010-08-15T15:03:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/news/809815/HACCP_Principles_Benchmark_for_Food_Safety.html The hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) food safety system was developed by the Pillsbury Company, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the U.S. Army Natick Laboratories in the late 1960s to develop foods for the space program. 2010-08-15T14:59:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/news/809795/Help_Your_Employees_Protect_Against_Pathogens.html The media and the public generally focus first on the actual pathogen when a foodborne illness occurs, eventually turning their focus to the source of the illness. Often, an infected person causes the outbreak directly—or even indirectly—through a series of improper actions or inactions. Humans can be considered the parameter of these illnesses. 2010-08-15T14:49:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/news/809787/How_to_Manage_a_Recall_Effectively_.html In the food and beverage industry, brand equity is imperative to an organization’s success. A recall is one of the most devastating things that can happen to any organization within this industry. Added to the cost to consumers and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there are regulatory issues and negative customer reactions to address, as well as the possible effect on market share to consider. 2010-08-15T14:45:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/news/809781/ICP-MS_for_Detecting_Heavy_Metals_in_Foodstuffs_.html Heavy metals can be toxic for humans when they are not metabolized by the body and accumulate in the soft tissues. Depending on the heavy metal in question, toxicity can occur at levels just above naturally occurring background levels, meaning that consumption of food with a high heavy metal concentration can cause acute or chronic poisoning. 2010-08-15T14:40:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/news/809773/Sweet_Science.html Throughout history, people have used honey to sweeten and add flavor. Although its sweetness is similar to that of granulated sugar, honey has a distinctive flavor that is largely determined by the flower type from which the nectar is gathered. 2010-08-15T14:26:00Z