food safety practices

Amazon Keynote

How Amazon handles food safety, recalls

Amazon VP Careltt Ooton spoke Tuesday morning during the Food Safety Summit keynote about how the company uses Natural Language Processing to scan customer feedback, and constantly monitor for food safety issues.

Crystal Lindell

May 9, 2018

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On Dec. 1, 2017, Amazon detected several food safety concerns on a dietary supplement. They suppressed sales the same day and initiated an investigation with the manufacturer. On Jan. 26, almost two months later, the product was officially recalled.

Frequent handwashing is an important employee hygiene practice that can help prevent the transmitting of bacteria

Food Safety

Employee hygiene: Bring them back to basics

With employee hygiene a key variable in the creation and spread of contaminants, training programs that educate workers on best practices can reduce food safety threats.

Richard Mitchell

July 11, 2016

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Meat and poultry plant workers, along with supermarket meat department staffers, are having a major influence on the state of food safety.

Chipotle Mexican Grill was plagued by a series of food-related illnesses in nine states in late 2015

2016 Food Safety Report

Grading Chipotle, Jeni’s on food-safety crisis responses

Kathleen Anthony

March 24, 2016

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After living and breathing food-safety communications for 10 years, I’m always curious to see how other companies respond to a food-related crisis. In 2015, we saw some well-known and beloved brands, in particular Chipotle Mexican Grill and Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams.

The Meat Man

Food Safety: From Skimpy to HIMP

Recounting the evolution of food safety in the United States as the industry continues to strive to reach the pinnacle.

The Meat Man, Industry insider

December 11, 2015

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On May 15, 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed into law an act of Congress establishing the United States Department of Agriculture, with a mission of promoting agriculture.

The most recent developments to rapid testing are occurring with the six non-O157 STEC pathogens in the beef industry

Progress evolves on rapid testing

Elizabeth Fuhrman

November 13, 2015

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Historically, methodology to detect pathogens in the food supply that have the potential to make people sick took four to five days.

Pre-harvest interventions beef up biosecurity

Pre-harvest interventions run the gamut of biosecurity, antimicrobials and carcass washes.

Megan Pellegrini

June 16, 2015

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This winter, Foster Farms announced that a strain of avian flu was discovered at one of its commercial turkey ranches.

Communication keys culture

How West Liberty Foods reinforces its food-safety culture throughout its organization.

Lee Johnson Ph.D.

April 13, 2015

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Someone who has never been through a recall doesn’t truly understand how costly even a small mistake can be. According to a New Jersey PIRG study, food recalls and foodborne illnesses cost approximately $77 billion each year in the United States alone.

Exclusive Q&A: Foster Farms strives to be food-safety leader

Chicken processor positions itself to be an industry leader in all facets of processing business after a year of food-safety challenges.

October 3, 2014

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This summer, during a trip to California, Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief of The National Provisioner, sat down with Ira Brill, director of corporate communications for Foster Farms

Fight for Food Safety

Apples and oranges from the same organizational tree

Shawn K. Stevens

May 7, 2013

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Although I defend food companies in high-profile foodborne illness outbreak lawsuits throughout the country, the majority of my time is spent working with clients to improve the quality of their operations from a risk-exposure and brand-protection standpoint.