FDA, CDC Investigate Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Linked to BrightFarms Salad Greens

By Food Safety Tech Staff

BrightFarms also recalled the products, which were sold in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Indiana.

Supply Chain Controls:
What You Need to Know to Comply with FSMA

Sponsored By ImEPIK

As a food manufacturer working in a receiving facility, have you ever felt like you are at the mercy of your ingredient supplier? You’re not alone in facing dilemmas related to preventive controls along the supply chain.

This case study walks through some of the issues faced by production facility employees as they work to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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Retail Food Safety Forum

Pathway to Progress:
How to Invest in Food Safety Technology when Future Is Uncertain

By Greg Staley, SynergySuite

Operators are facing a number of challenges while trying to regain their footing as COVID-19 restrictions wind down. However, there are ways to invest in food safety technology, even while profits are recovering.

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The Need for Improved Visibility in the Fresh Produce
Supply Chain

By Sanjay Sharma, Roambee

When working with low shelf life products like fresh food, reliable supply chain visibility is vital to prevent incidents that can contribute to financial loss.

Food Fraud Quick Bites

Arrest These Truffatori Di Bevande!

By Susanne Kuehne, Decernis

A large number of fake alcohol bottles have been seized in Italy.

Ask the Expert:
Now Is the Time to Modernize Audits to Reduce Risk & Audit Fatigue

Auditing is a critical piece of creating a safe food supply, but traditional auditing methods leave suppliers and processors open to higher risk as supply chains become more complex. Kari Hensien, RizePoint President, talks about how to augment or adapt auditing processes to create a safer, more effective program.

FST Soapbox

How Foreign Material Inspection Can Impact Your Liability From Packaging

By Chris Keith, FlexXray

Food packaging liabilities are prominent now more than ever and must remain a priority for all manufacturers. With so many factors in play, taking extra steps to avoid foreign material contamination due to packaging is essential to product quality and protection from lawsuits, negative environmental impacts and financial losses.

Featured Quote

We tend to think of big tech and financial services companies as the prime targets for ransomware attacks because of the critical nature of their technology and data, but food companies are really no different.

– Brent Johnson, Holland & Hart

Simulation in the consumer products industry:
Assessing the role of physics-based simulation in realizing
a digital twin

Sponsored By Siemens

Why is ketchup physics so difficult? Can we simulate sterilization and pasteurization of food products? How do we design bottles that don’t drip?

All of these questions are related to the complex physico-chemical phenomena and interactions that happen at the product and manufacturing level. The ability to perform product and process simulation for food and beverage is becoming a competitive advantage that lets companies launch more products faster to market.

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How InvisiShield Reduces Fungal Growth on Berries

The Absolut Company
World-class manufacturing with Siemens manufacturing operations management

Sponsored By Siemens

Accepting the Present and Protecting the Future: How the Food Industry Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Use of Remote Rodent Monitoring with Regard to Food Safety Regulations and Current Pest Control Practices

Sponsored By Bayer

Book Preview:
Food Fraud: A Global Threat with Public Health and Economic Consequences

Edited By Rosalee S. Hellberg, Karen Everstine, and Steven A. Sklare

New Sanitation System Fills the Gaps in Traditional ATP Testing Methods

Sponsored By Weber Scientific

October 7, 2021 – 12:00 pm

Food Safety Consortium Virtual Conference Series