Jessica Evans is the business unit manager for the NSF Nonfood Compounds Registration Program, leading the Nonfood Compounds team in developing new service offerings, improving existing processes and accommodating customer needs. For more information, contact her at (734) 913-5774 or jevans@nsf.org.
With the shift toward highly automated, continuous processing, it’s critical to remember that food-grade lubricants, greases and other mechanical fluids play a key role in a plant’s overall hygiene strategy.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2011 Estimates of Foodborne Illness in the U.S., the top five pathogens that contribute to domestically acquired foodborne illness are Norovirus, Salmonella (nontyphoidal), Clostridium perfringens, Campylobacter spp. and Staphylococcus aureus.