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A 'fine' job: Foreign-material contamination can have a devastating effect on meat and poultry merchandising, but newer and more sophisticated technologies are enhancing food safety.

Richard Mitchell

May 1, 2018

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There is perhaps nothing as crucial in the processing of meat and poultry as safeguarding proteins from foreign objects.

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Three areas of food recalls: Allergens, pathogens, objects, oh my!

Shawn K. Stevens

April 13, 2018

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As a food-safety lawyer, these three words send shivers down my spine. They are all exceptionally difficult to routinely control in products regulated by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Almost invariably, at least one of these three words is featured prominently in recalls.

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Foreign material contamination: What did I just bite into?!

Shawn K. Stevens

October 13, 2017

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What can you do within your own company to reduce the likelihood that your products will be contaminated with foreign materials and force a recall?

Detection devices are strong preventative tools, but do not eliminate all incidents of foreign-object contamination

Foreign-object contamination: Under the radar

Despite the advances in X-ray and metal detection systems, keeping meat and poultry totally free of foreign objects remains an ongoing processor challenge.

Richard Mitchell

May 2, 2017

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Technology is not the end-all when it comes to safeguarding meat and poultry from foreign-object contamination.

The manufacture and distribution of food involves a lot of equipment, such as pallets, which must be managed to prevent foreign material from entering the product stream

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Fighting foreign material

Lee Johnson Ph.D.

March 15, 2017

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Several large-scale recalls have been issued recently for products containing foreign material, which creates headlines that draw a lot of attention to how the industry keeps foreign material from contaminating the food supply.