Complexity of Food Allergen Management Requires Global Collaboration

By Maria Fontanazza, Editor-in-Chief

Guangtao Zhang, Ph.D., director of the Mars Global Food Safety Center, talks about the need to advance understanding and knowledge sharing in allergen management, especially peanut allergen detection, and how Mars is working to improve detection methods.

Quality Management Software:
A Buyer’s Guide for Modern Quality Teams

Sponsored By RizePoint

In an ever-more connected world, quality teams don’t have the visibility they need. Pen and paper evaluations transferred to spreadsheets have been the norm for decades. But sparse, disconnected data doesn’t cut it anymore.

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Metal Fragments Prompt Recall of More Than 160,000 Pounds of Skippy Peanut Butter

By Food Safety Tech Staff

The issue was uncovered by the manufacturing facility’s internal detection systems.

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Communication Tools Food Manufacturers Should Use

By Rick Farrell, Plant-Tours

Adding valuable communication tools to your facility can improve collaboration between employees, enable more efficiency and transparency, and ultimately reduce costs.

Record Investment in Foodtech Boosted by Changing Consumer Preferences, Sustainability Initiatives

By Food Safety Tech Staff

Deal value in foodtech has more than doubled, as innovation continues to push the intersection between food and technology forward.

Women in Food Safety

The Power of Communication

By Melody Ge, Starkist

When working with diverse cultures and multigenerational employees, communication and an open mind is key, says Vanessa Lindstrom of
United Airlines.

Technologies for In-line Monitoring of Micro-Holes
in Packaging

By Paolo Tondello, FT Systems

Checking for the presence of micro-holes in the packaging, is crucial to avoid thwarting all efforts to optimize the packaging’s preservation mixture. This article discusses how to perform a seal test, and the innovations brought about by IR spectroscopy technology that introduce important elements of in-line monitoring of the presence of micro-holes in packaging and the seal’s integrity.

Featured Quote

Consumers and regulators alike are demanding increasingly high levels of safety and traceability across the global supply chain—driving food manufacturers to modernize their approach to quality control.

– Eric Weisbrod, InfinityQS

October 19, 2022 – 12:00 pm – October 21, 2022

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