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From: Food Quality Magazine, April/May 2007
Features
Validating Microbiology
Proficiency Test Standards Aim to Improve Lab Safety, Reduce Public Health Risk and Increase Material Consistency
The H2N2 virus of the late 1950s was fully transmissible among humans. It circulated in humans and caused annual epidemics until 1968, when it vanished after the emergence of influenza A/H3N2 viruses that caused the next pandemic.
Consumers, Retailers Changing Equipment Landscape
Survey Sheds Light on Criteria Influencing Equipment Selection in Food Processing
Here, primary research has been tied to the trends and purchase behavior of food processors to relevant secondary-research. This integrated view provides the equipment manufacturers with key insights into the requirements of their markets and customers.
Super Surfaces
Pulverizing Polymers Out-Muscle Pesky Pathogens
Despite tremendous strides in the development of anti-infectives, most experts believe they are losing the war against microbes. Resistance to antimicrobial agents has been magnified to some degree in nearly every strain of bacteria pathogenic to humans and animals.
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News
How to Choose a Third-Party Laboratory
Selection of a third-party analytical laboratory is a difficult choice to make. Undoubtedly the stakes are high when you rely on a third-party for analytical results. Accordingly, this choice should be heavily supported and broadly acclaimed by your organization.
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Departments
Small Pest: Big Problem
Don’t Let Stored-Product Pests Damage Your Business
Beetles crawling over counter tops, moths flying across rooms or caterpillars crawling up walls and across ceilings are all signs of big problems from small pests. To discount these pests as mere passersby would be a mistake, for the old saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” rings true with stored-product pests.
Omitting Odors in Organics
Sorbent Technology Also Aims at Preserving Brand Integrity
Organic food is one of the fastest growing food sectors in the United States totaling $15 billion in sales in 2005, according to Organic Trade Association (OTA; Greenfield, Mass.). During the last 10 years, increasing consumer demand for healthier choices has driven the industry’s growth, from 17 to 21 percent each year. In recent years, fresh foods have become signature departments for many natural foods retailers, with independent natural product and health food stores and natural grocery chains...
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Columns
Sanitation Notebook
Proper Equipment, Training Completes ROI Equation
The plant manager calls a meeting during which he presses the sanitation and quality control managers about a $2,000 request to buy a foamer and a dilutor system.
