Global producer of rigid plastic packaging Amcor has received Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certification for its all manufacturing facilities. GFSI is a global retailer-driven program that seeks to improve food safety management ...
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The XL Foods' nationwide recall of beef products in 2012 over E.coli contamination was preventable and was caused due to lax approach towards food safety, according to an independent review initiated by the Canadian government. In 2012, ...
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Ecolab has introduced Antimicrobial Fruit and Vegetable Treatment (AFVT), a new product to help lower the risk of foodborne illness outbreaks related to ineffective produce washing in foodservice operations. Ecolab noted that AFVT is the ...
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Researchers at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers have developed a new software-based methodology to help ensure the safety of packaging throughout the supply chain. The Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) ...
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For food manufacturers, clean equipment is vital to safe food production. To address manufacturers’ concerns about labware safety, Mettler Toledo has introduced Rainin BioCleanTM pipette tips. These 100% inert tips help ensure safer ...
Tesco has recalled some ranges of burgers in Ireland and the UK after food safety officials reported finding traces of horse meat in samples on sale in its stores, as well as in other retailers' outlets. Horse meat DNA was present in ten ...
Some 20 startups have inked commercial deals with SAP that will see them run production applications with the HANA in-memory database on Amazon Web Services, SAP announced Thursday during the Tech Ed and Sapphire conferences in Madrid. In ...
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Hazard analysis and critical control points, or HACCP, is a systematic preventive approach to food safety and pharmaceutical safety that identifies physical, allergenic, chemical, and biological hazards in production processes that can ...
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US retailer Kroger will stop selling fresh sprouts today (22 October) over concerns that the vegetable represents a food safety risk. According to Payton Pruett, Kroger's vice president of food safety, the decision was based on the ...
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Canadian Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz has said the XL Foods plant at the centre of an E.coli outbreak will only re-open when there is written proof that there is no health risk from its products. XL Foods in Alberta had its ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food has completed its review of the Safe Food for Canadians Act and has now referred it back to the House of Commons for Report ...
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Ohio has announced its plans to participate in USDA's Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program, under which, Ohio's small, state-inspected meat processors will be able to ship their products across state lines. The cooperative interstate ...
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The Senate of Canada has adopted the Safe Food for Canadians Act (S-11) Act, which will provide the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) more tools and resources to help keep Canadian food safe. The new act will provide CFIA with some ...
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Canadians are confident in the country's food safety system,according to results from a recent study commissioned by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA). According to the study,93%of Canadians surveyed expressed a degree of ...
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Canada is proposing new regulations which would make traceability mandatory for pigs,as a part of its effort to strengthen the country's livestock sector. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA),an enhanced traceability ...
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