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Food safety advocacy
It’s a long, long road
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Don’t be confused by “best before” and “packaging” dates
By: Ron Doering While much of the data on food labels is notoriously incomprehensible to the average consumer, at least “best before dates” and “packaging dates” are easy to understand and provide valuable information on food safety. Right? Wrong. According…
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Relco and Bioscan endorse non-dye inspections and repairs
Relco and Bioscan are partnering together to promote non-dye inspections and repairs for the food and beverage industry. The focus for non-dye inspections is largely on spray dryers, but the services offered will also cover: cyclones, bag filters, fluid beds,…
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Bühler recycling technology wins Queen’s Award
Bühler UK won this year’s Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation for their research into camera technology used in sorting machines. The technology is used to drive up food safety controls in the nut and frozen vegetable sectors while also helping…
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Partners in Prevention 2017
Health and safety conference and trade show. This year’s theme: The new workplace – connect collaborate create. The upside and downside of digital communication on work and productivity.
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Clean and safe
Automated washing of totes, buggies and containers plays a critical role in the food processing stream
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Weighing the evidence in foodborne illness investigations
Dr. Ron Wasik looks at Weight of Evidence, a new Health Canada booklet on information gathering during foodborne illness outbreaks and investigations
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Sustainable Lighting Solution
Shat-R-Shield has added high-efficiency T8 flourescent lamps to their Shat-R-Shield brand of safety-coated lighting products. The new 32-watt fluorescent lamps are a sustainable lighting solution, are TLCP compliant and feature low mercury. The life-long lamps have a rated life of…
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Pilot project on traceability proves successful
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) has deemed a pilot project on facility level traceability a highly successful endeavour. The Food Safety Initiative (FSI) – Traceability Pilot Project, which included 20 small to medium size operations,…
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The Standard for safe food packaging
The Packaging Association of Canada (PAC) strongly believes that its PACsecure food safe packaging material standards are the most comprehensive ever developed for the packaging industry anywhere in the world. The standards, which are based on the international protocol long…
