Food Safety Tech Newsletter Vol 9 No 43

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Volume 9 Issue No. 43

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CDC, USDA Investigating Multistate Listeria Outbreak Linked to Italian-Style Deli Meats CDC, USDA Investigating Multistate Listeria Outbreak Linked to Italian-Style Deli Meats

By Food Safety Tech Staff

The specific deli meat and common supplier are still unknown.

Featured Articles

Food Fraud Quick Bites

Wine that Wins No Awards Wine that Wins No Awards

By Susanne Kuehne, Decernis

Fraudulent “Super-Tuscan” wine has been discovered.

2020 FSC Episode 8 Preview: Listeria Detection, Mitigation and Control
Listeria Detection, Mitigation and Control

By Food Safety Tech Staff

Speakers will delve into the pathogen’s prevalence in frozen foods, technology approaches to sanitation, its relationship to biofilm, and detection and elimination.

Women in Food Safety

Melody Ge, Corvium Keep the Door Open to All Experiences

By Melody Ge, Corvium

In an interview with Glanbia Nutritional’s Peter Begg, we discussed the importance of harnessing new opportunities, and the challenges and lessons that they provide throughout your career.

FDA FDA Starts Voluntary Pilot Program to Assess Third-Party Food Safety Audit Standards Against FSMA

By Food Safety Tech Staff

The program will address the audit standards in FSMA’s Preventive Controls and Produce Safety Rules.

FST Soapbox

Jill Henry, Essity Professional Hygiene The New Hygiene Standard:
Building Trust Through
Employee Safety

By Jill Henry, Essity Professional Hygiene

Since the onset of COVID-19, food manufacturers have strived to maintain employee well being by promoting proper hygiene, while producing essential goods. Implementing hygiene best practices will help keep sites on track and ensure employee safety.

Food Fraud Quick Bites

Karen Everstine, Ph.D., Decernis More Than 100 Incident Records of Fresh Produce Fraud

By Karen Everstine, Ph.D., Decernis

Fraud in fresh produce can occur in several ways, including fraudulent organic certifications, counterfeit branding, misrepresentation of geographic origin, and the use of unapproved ripening agents.

Featured Quote

An efficient and transparent food supply chain requires extensive collaboration and coordination between stakeholders. New technologies can extend both amount of collaboration possibilities and the impact of those collaborations.

– Mikael Bengtsson, Infor

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Webinar: maintaining FSSC 22000 certification through the COVID-19 crisis

Bayer - Does your rodent monitoring system leave you open to risk?

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New Sanitation System Fills the Gaps in Traditional ATP Testing Methods

ATP is the most widely used sanitation indicator test, but ATP is unstable and rapidly decomposes. This means conventional systems that test for ATP alone may miss bacteria and pathogens. New technology is now available to detect this hidden contamination.

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Upcoming Events & Webinars

October 29, 2020 - 12pm - 3pm EST
Listeria Detection, Mitigation & Control Episode of the Food Safety Consortium Virtual Conference

On-Demand Webinars

Covert Operations:
Places Pests Slide Into Your Facility Unnoticed

While no two facilities are exactly alike, what they have in common are the main ingredients for a potential pest problem: food, water and shelter. Board certified entomologist and Orkin Technical Services Manager Frank Meek discusses Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tactics for each of your facility’s pest hot spots. Recorded: July 29, 2020.

Integrated Pest Management:
Protect Food Safety and Prevent the Spread of Pathogens

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of pest management is more important than ever in retail/restaurant settings as well as in food production facilities. During this virtual conference, subject matter experts in IPM and sanitation will discuss how advances in technology can help your company work smarter while protecting your facility from potential damage and the spread of pathogens caused by pests, both of which can significantly compromise food safety. Recorded: June 30, 2020.

Instant Replay & Update: Is Your Plant COVID-19 Safe?

The U.S. food industry is struggling to deal with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the meat and poultry sector have been at the forefront of this issue. Using CDC and WHO Guidance, this webinar will provide practical tips on best practices to mitigate workplace exposure based on what is currently known about the COVID-19 virus. Recorded: July 14, 2020.