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Food safety expert joins Eagle Protect as consultant

New consultant offers over 30 years of experience in food safety.

Industry News

July 17, 2024

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Eagle Protect leadership team brings on author, professor and food safety expert Dr. Darin Detwiler.

Gloves play key PPE role in operational efficiency

Gloves help protect employees and product — and ultimately the consumer as well.

Fred Wilkinson

January 26, 2024

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Proper gloves help decrease worker absences from hand and arm injuries.

Supplier's Perspective: All Seasons Uniforms

Nine tips for meat processors to incorporate into their safety protocols.

Nick Warrick

December 20, 2022

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Nine tips for meat processors to incorporate into their safety protocols.

Study reveals glove pathogen threat to healthcare and food industries

Third-party testing confirmed disease-causing pathogens on 50 percent of samples tested.

Industry News

October 20, 2022

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Multi-year study reveals contamination risk of imported disposable gloves.

Worker protection can be problematic

Getting employees to properly wear and handle protective gear in meat and poultry processing facilities is no simple task.

Richard Mitchell

September 29, 2021

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Getting employees to properly wear and handle protective gear in meat and poultry processing facilities is no simple task.

How glove demand and supply will affect food safety in 2021

Industry News

September 18, 2020

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Not all gloves are food safe.

Saf-T-Gard receives high honors for two new Voltgard products

Industry News

September 3, 2020

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Voltgard V-GRIPS Leather Protector Gloves and Voltgard Telescopic Insulated Rescue Body Hook are recognized for innovation in PPE and excellence in product development.

Tech | Food Safety

Hygiene : What was old is new

Hand-washing and other employee hygiene practices once protected the food supply; now, those same procedures keep employees safe as well.

Megan Pellegrini

July 1, 2020

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Employee hygiene in packing plants is now not just about protecting food, but protecting employees.

GTX Corp. launches full range of personal protective equipment

Industry News

May 6, 2020

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Addresses important safety requirements during COVID-19 pandemic.

Streamlining Sanitation

Meat and poultry processors are improving their sanitary equipment design with built-in cleaning and processing practices.

Megan Pellegrini

February 28, 2011

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In the 1990s, a meat-plant employee entering a work station might have to use a decontaminating foot wash. Now, plant employees have to navigate a boot-scrubbing system, put on personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gloves, masks and goggles, and their movement is restricted to prevent any contamination.