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Features: Five Essential Tips for Effective Sanitation
The fundamentals for controlling risk factors associated with food contamination
Departments: The Salmonella Outbreak in Sushi: A One-Off or Something to Worry About?
Trust in food suppliers and simple product screening may go a long way in ensuring contaminated products don't reach consumers.
Departments: Testing Labs Play Detective When Food Processing Goes Wrong
Real-world examples demonstrate how testing can resolve contamination issues
News: Elevating Room Sanitation Quality
In recent years, the focus on the environmental quality of the food production landscape has increased. Although far from being a new problem, high-profile cases resulting in sickness and death traced back to the manufacturing process have caused the industry to reassess contamination control strategies, an issue currently under discussion in the Senate and inherently linked to food safety. Some level of contamination control naturally already exists and, given the diversity in environmental production...
News: E. coli thrives near plant roots
Escherichia coli can live for weeks around the roots of produce plants and transfer to the edible portions, but the threat can be minimized if growers don’t harvest too soon, a Purdue University study shows.
News: Chemicals in Food Wrappers Likely Migrating to Humans
University of Toronto scientists have found that chemicals used to line fast-food wrappers and microwave popcorn bags are migrating into food and being ingested by people where they are contributing to chemical contamination observed in blood.
Departments: ICP-MS for Detecting Heavy Metals in Foodstuffs
Heavy metals can be toxic for humans when they are not metabolized by the body and accumulate in the soft tissues. Depending on the heavy metal in question, toxicity can occur at levels just above naturally occurring background levels, meaning that consumption of food with a high heavy metal concentration can cause acute or chronic poisoning.
News: Contaminated Chicken Linked to Urinary Tract Infections
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal have found new evidence that eating Escherichia coli-contaminated chicken can cause urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Features: ATP Bioluminescence Moves Mainstream
This article on the history and impact of advances in ATP bioluminescence is the third in a new series for Food Quality. In “FoodTech: Tools That Changed the Industry,” we look at various technologies and tools, such as ATP bioluminescence testing, that have played a key role in and had an indelible impact on the food industry.
