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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…
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Raising Allergy Awareness
AllerGen NCE Inc., the Allergy, Genes and Environment Network, has partnered with Health Canada to launch a national study to determine how prevalent food allergies are among Canadians, and the effectiveness of allergen warnings on food labels. It’s hoped that…
