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How is the Revolution in Technology Changing Food Safety?—Part 3

Food safety professionals continue to be focused on efforts to continually get better at their fundamental responsibility to produce safe food

Bob Ferguson

October 15, 2024

A survey of 200 international food processors provides insight into which food safety technologies are being adopted and their effects on daily operations. Part 3 explores the impact and need for further development of testing technologies, focusing on responses from participants outside of North America.

How is the Revolution in Technology Changing Food Safety?—Part 2

How has adoption of different technologies affected processors' daily food safety operations and improved their food safety outcomes?

Bob Ferguson

August 8, 2024

In the June/July Food Safety Insights column, a significant number of global food processors reported adopting new analytical testing technologies. This column dives further into processors' adoption of analytical testing technologies, whether for laboratory or in-plant use.

How is the Revolution in Technology Changing Food Safety?

How has adoption of different technologies affected processors' daily food safety operations and improved their food safety outcomes?

Bob Ferguson

July 2, 2024

This article shares the views of more than 250 global food safety professionals on which new technologies have been the most beneficial for their food safety programs and for the general food safety landscape, as well as their thoughts on possible future changes.

Food Safety Insights

Testing to Continue to Increase in 2021

Environmental monitoring and a focus on continuous improvement in sanitation drive increases in test volumes

Bob Ferguson

April 15, 2021

As food processors continue to recover from 2020, we wanted to find out more about their plans for 2021. One thing was clear: Testing—especially environmental monitoring—will continue to grow at a rapid pace.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | MARCH 2020

Achieving cannabinoid consistency in food and beverage products

From raw ingredients to the end product, maintaining accurate cannabinoid content is crucial for developing safe, compliant cannabis foods and beverages.

Alyse Thompson

May 15, 2020

Cannabis consumers need to know that they will consistently get the same benefits from the cannabis-infused foods and beverages that they purchase, and that the products reliably match stated dosing claimed on packaging.

Real-time data logging system helps iQ Foods maintain food safety

iQ Foods is an expert at monitoring food color, bone color and purge (water, lactic acid and meat pigments.)

April 10, 2019

To ensure premium quality and safety of the company’s inventory, iQ Foods leveraged CAS Dataloggers' data logger technology to automate the storage/temperature management process.

How digital solutions transform food safety training programs

Today, cloud-based training helps solve some of the key challenges pertaining to food safety training.

April 9, 2019

Human resources, facility and food safety managers responsible for overseeing training should understand the depth of the skills gap as well as how e-learning can be utilized to take training to the next level.

Study: Growth in dairy testing market driven by stringent food safety regulations

Increase in outbreaks of foodborne illnesses and uptick in stringency of safety and quality regulations continue to drive the growth in demand for dairy testing.

April 9, 2019

The dairy testing market is projected to reach a value of $5.89 billion by 2022, according to a report published by MarketsandMarkets, New York.

AFFI unveils online program for Listeria control in frozen food facilities

This tool discusses food safety best practices that directly address control and prevention of Lm in frozen food manufacturing.

February 27, 2019

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), Arlington, Va., unveiled the Food Safety Zone, a one-stop food safety resource for all frozen food companies.

Cornell University develops tool for controlling foodborne pathogens in food manufacturing facilities

The study focused on developing and testing a computer model that has the potential to pinpoint locations in a food manufacturing facility where Lm might be found.

February 20, 2019

New research funded in part by the Frozen Food Foundation, a non-profit arm of American Frozen Food Institute, Arlington, Va., reveals a possible solution for controlling Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in food manufacturing facilities.