The hot topic of the day is the new swine inspection rule. There appears to be a lot of fake news being tossed around, at the very least a lot of information about how this is going to affect industry and how the consumer is being left out.
Numerous stories have been published in recent weeks relating to a waiver request submitted by Tyson Foods that proposes to reduce the number of inspectors in its facility.
Is there a future for phages in business? The medical industry and universities seem to think so. And now the agriculture industry seems to be embracing these targeted pathogen killers, as well.
The top challenge for processors in foreign objection detection is there is not one single perfect way to detect every object that may have gotten into the product stream to avoid a recall.
In "The Art of War," Sun Tzu admonishes us to know our enemy or be defeated by it. As a society, we have failed to heed that wisdom in our fight against foodborne illness.
In the food production industry, it’s important not only to stop foodborne disease outbreaks once they occur, but also to try preventing them from happening in the first place.