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FPSA weighs in against mandatory supplier testing

TECH FLASH

FPSA weighs in against mandatory finished products testing

The organization says such testing would be an unnecessary financial and logistical burden.

January 24, 2014

The statement says environmental monitoring is a sufficient primary tool for pathogen detection.

Smithfield asks suppliers to ditch crates

TECH FLASH

New guidelines reduce risk of Salmonella in pork production

FSIS implemented updated Salmonella performance standards for poultry in 2011.

Shane O'Halloran

January 24, 2014

As a result, market hogs now have the highest permissible Salmonella content of all raw carcass classes.

3A-SSI Sanitary Standards announces FSMA-compliant equipment design criteria

3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. invites Student Travel Scholarship Award applications

The program will help students participate in the organization’s annual education program, to be held May 12-16.

Shane O'Halloran

January 24, 2014

To be eligible, a student must be enrolled full time in a food technology, food science, dairy science or related program.

General Mills joins US Food Waste Challenge as founding partner

TECH FLASH

Cheerios will be GM-No

The new formulation will be on store shelves soon.

Shane O'Halloran

January 14, 2014

General Mills has not changed its official position on the safety of bioengineered products.

To meet the standards for high quality at Nestles MINOR'S division, automated doorway control is very important.

Field Reports

Faster doors for safer food

Roll-up doors prevent contamination and control air pressure

Wayne Labs

January 10, 2014

“Don’t hold that door open” isn’t a command heard in this food ingredient operation with automatic, high-speed, roll-up doors.

Food Safety

Communication is the basis of a food safety management system

Processors should establish a culture that encourages interaction and information flow not only from top management to the workforce, but from the workforce upward.

Richard F. Stier

January 10, 2014

Turnover is often minimal when workforces are encouraged to participate and rewarded if their performance or ideas are adopted.

Food Safety

FSMA Update: Staying ahead of the curve

Comments are in for proposed Produce Safety Rule and Preventive Controls, but final rules have not been issued, leaving processors time to explore audit and certification alternatives.

Wayne Labs

January 10, 2014

FSMA is still a work in progress, and the final comment period could affect your operation.

Regulatory Watch

Debate over trans fats continues

Several industry groups have requested more time to submit comments.

Wayne Labs

January 10, 2014

Food manufacturers want more time to comment on FDA’s early November preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils, the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not “generally recognized as safe” for use in food. FDA’s preliminary determination is based on available scientific evidence, and the agency has requested stakeholder comments by January 7, 2014.