http://www.foodquality.com Information Technology Topic Rss http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/2785461/IT_Solutions_for_Food_Safety_Management.html <p>IT can help manage the mound of information it takes to remain compliant with new food safety legislation.</p> 2012-10-24T18:17:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/2080567/Data_Explosion_Threatens_Food_Safety.html <p>Experienced auditors with cutting-edge technology can protect your business</p> 2012-06-12T04:30:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/2080565/Tune_Up_Traceability_with_Enterprise_Resource_Planning.html <p>ERP software vital to keep track of lot-specific data across entire supply chains</p> 2012-06-12T04:26:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1913251/The_zNose_Knows_Ripeness.html <p>An electronic nose may hold the secrets to melon ripeness and could provide the answer much more quickly than the previous scientific method&mdash;gas chromatography&mdash;which takes up to an hour to analyze a single sample.</p> 2012-04-20T23:24:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1721923/Cloud_Computing_Maximizes_Usefulness_of_Food_Safety_System_Data.html <p>All too frequently, a story appears about tainted food that has traveled through the supply chain undetected until it causes illness and triggers a costly recall. This scenario not only puts the health of the consumer at risk but is also invariably expensive and can destroy a company&rsquo;s reputation.</p> 2012-04-02T12:50:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1532129/Genome-Sequencing_Sleuth_Aimed_at_New_Pathogens.html <p>It&rsquo;s been used to crack the code of some of the most troublesome foodborne illness outbreaks in the world, including the rare and lethal <em>E. coli</em> hybrid strain that began in Germany and spread throughout Europe, Canada, and the U.S. last summer, as well as the outbreak of listeriosis traced to cantaloupes from Colorado-based Jensen Farms last autumn.</p> 2012-03-09T01:53:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1394643/Smartphone_Technology_Used_to_Detect_Contamination.html <p>Most tests for foodborne contamination are designed to detect one pathogen at a time.</p> 2011-11-14T19:25:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1066401/Fluorescent_Sensor_Simplifies_Speeds_Up_Pathogen_Detection.html <p>A new fluorescent test system called a DNAzyme sensor, developed by researchers at Toronto&rsquo;s McMaster University, may speed up and simplify the detection of pathogens such as <em>Salmonella</em> and <em>E. coli</em> by hunting for the metabolic DNA byproducts left behind by these bacteria.</p> 2011-05-16T15:41:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/842315/IFT_and_IAFP_Deliver_Knowledge.html <p>As I contemplate my topic for this issue&rsquo;s column, Labor Day is around the corner and I&rsquo;m reflecting on this summer. Where did it go? What did I learn? How do I use this summer&rsquo;s life experiences to my advantage?</p> 2010-09-09T23:54:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/806505/Product_Spotlight.html <p>Food Lab Titrator; Easy-to-Maneuver Forming Machine; Screening Tool for Food Products and Waste; Automatic Bacterial Plater; Portable, Rechargeable UV Lamp; Checkweighing Scale; Combination Weight Check and X-ray; Metal Halide Lamp Line; Test Kit for Beta-Lactam Antibiotics; Metal Pumps For Handling Food Products</p> 2010-04-01T05:47:00Z