Jeffrey Barach discusses common food safety problems and solutions

10 Common Food Safety Problems and Solutions for Processing Facilities

Heightened awareness of food safety problems and their mitigating solutions will advance a facility’s operational excellence, while helping to ensure public health goals are achieved.

February 3, 2022

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Processing Equipment

HPP and PET Kegs Help Nourish Juice Bar Tap the Market

Watching cold brew and kombucha companies take their products to market in kegs, Nourish Juice Bar wanted to do the same. But it needed to merge high pressure processing from Hiperbaric with plastic kegs from Petainer.

January 31, 2022

Francine Covelli, founder of Nourish Juice Bar, jumped on the chance to get her juices into Petainer kegs, getting them to partner with Hiperbaric to enable high pressure processing in the containers.

Metal Detector Cues Retractable Noser Conveyor

Multi-Conveyor built a modular retractable and straight running conveyor system to transport 2 lanes of flexible packaged product that discharges from a checkweigher through an incorporated metal detection system.

January 31, 2022

Retractable Reject By Multi Conveyor High Res

Step Up Against Foodborne Illness

Nonprofit emphasizes education and proper food safety culture as the means to reducing and preventing contamination.

January 24, 2022

Stop Foodborne Illness aims to get certain strains of Salmonella in poultry declared pathogens, following the same process it used to combat E.coli.

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 2: Floor Suppliers Focus on Fast Return to Service

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. Plant flooring was the topic at No. 2, which presented an update on the technologies that provide cleaner, safer environments, and also get production back up quickly.

January 7, 2022

BIX Produce just outside of St. Paul, Minn., chose a FasTop 12S Urethane Slurry System from Sherwin-Williams for its new 30,000 sq ft operating space. The flooring system provides thermal shock, chemical and slip resistance, cryogenic and high-heat exposure tolerance, and durability.

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 4: Building a Food Safety Culture

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. No. 4 helps you understand how empowering your people is vital to building a food safety culture.

January 5, 2022

Smithfield moved quickly at the outset of COVID-19 to implement protocols mitigating the risk of viral transmission by employing barriers, masks and shields, and enhanced air purification systems across its facilities.

New Action Plan to Offer Funding for Small Meat Producers

Administered by the USDA, the plan will make funds available to smaller meat producers to create a fairer, more competitive, and more resilient meat and poultry supply chain.

January 5, 2022

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 5: Kraft Mac and Cheese Modernization

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. No. 5 comes out of ProFood World’s Manufacturing Innovation Awards, where we recognize outstanding food and beverage processing and packaging projects.

January 3, 2022

The CIP system has the capacity to clean half the plant, covering 21 different circuit points, and fits in a very confined space in a dedicated CIP room.

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 9: Inline Seal Inspection Maintains Quality of Retort Pouches

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. At No. 9 is a case study about how a Brazilian pet food manufacturer moved to 100% inline seal inspection at its state-of-the-art facility.

December 23, 2021

Thanks to a 100% inline seal inspection process, leak-free packages ensure product quality and leave no unwanted residue on machinery.

FDA Issues Plan to Help Modernize Foodborne Illness Outbreak Responses

The plan will help the agency evolve its outbreak investigations to meet today’s needs using the most modern-day tools available and set a clear pathway to achieving its response goals.

December 14, 2021

Automated Ingredient Handling Brings Bevy of Benefits

An automated system from Radar Process provided biscuit-making operations at Cerealto Siro Foods with more accurate weighing, elimination of foreign matter, improved inventory control, and significantly reduced safety risks for its workers.

December 13, 2021

Cleaning and Sanitation

Polymer Surface Treatment Improves Sanitation Efficiency

Start-up company Bio-Fence has created an innovative polymer that, when added to a topcoat/paint, binds disinfectant to the surface, increasing sanitation efficiency and eliminating pathogenic bacteria.

December 2, 2021

Ofer Shoham, CEO, Bio-Fence

Processing Equipment

Flexible HPP System Processes Both Bulk and Packaged Products

FlexiBulk high pressure processing equipment from JBT Avure can handle bulk bags in one basket while processing individually packaged products in another, improving speed and pack efficiency.

November 30, 2021

The FlexiBulk can fill bags in baskets while other bags are being pressed and unfilled.

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Products

Cleaning and sanitation, pest control, and air handling technologies and equipment, along with FSMA and other food safety regulatory updates.

Eagle's enhanced Bulk 415 PRO X-ray inspection system

Enhanced Inspection System

Eagle enhances Bulk 415 PRO to ensure USDA and CFIA compliance in dry bulk product inspection.

X-ray Inspection Systems

Clean-in-Place Digital Technology