Featured Meat & Poultry Content

  1. Food Traceability: Solving The Imperative Of Compliance 4/28/2014

    Consumers’ confidence in the food they consume is eroding. The numbers quickly illustrate why: in the last few years FDA food recalls increased nearly 400%, largely due to salmonella and undeclared allergens1. Ghastly stories such as contaminated foods causing deaths across several states further diminish consumers’ confidence in food—and in the retailers where they purchased the recalled produce.

  2. Preparing To Meet The Requirements Of The Food Safety Modernization Act 9/24/2013

    The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 places the responsibility for food safety squarely on food producers, with requirements that will come into force as finalized and funded. Food processors and manufacturers should begin now to prepare their operations to meet these requirements, rather than waiting for them to come into full force. This paper recommends actions that food processors can take now to prepare for the full implementation of the law, including reviewing the effectiveness of their existing product inspection systems and their ability to provide the reporting data FSMA requires.

  3. Foreign Body Detection Of Metals 9/20/2013

    A metal detection system can represent a significant capital investment. Equipment must be designed for the intended application and used in an effective manner to ensure ROI.

  4. How To Change The Belt On The Xpert X-Ray Inspection System 10/5/2012

    The Thermo Scientific Xpert X-ray system has high resolution and sensitivity and can find contaminants other systems miss. 

  5. Features and Benefits Of The Xpert X-ray Inspection System 10/5/2012

    The Thermo Scientific Xpert X-ray Inspection System has high resolution and sensitivity and can find contaminants other systems miss. Ideal for food and beverage industry with emphasis on products that contain metalized film or wrapping.

  6. Easy Set-Up Of The Xpert X-ray Inspection System 10/5/2012

    To address the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of X-ray systems the Xpert system minimizes training, a five-step, Easy Set-Up process was created and a simplified, password protected operator interface was designed.

  7. The Xpert X-ray Inspection System Is Easy To Clean 10/5/2012

    The Thermo Scientific Xpert inspection system enables compliance with worldwide HACCP and retailer food safety requirements as well as IP65 compliant in accordance with IEC 60529 and EN 60529.

  8. Versa Warehouse In-line Scale Software Overview 10/5/2012

    The new Versa Warehouse software for improved accuracy and reliability of the warehouse in-line scale.

  9. Apex 100 Metal Detector For Food Production 10/3/2012

    The Thermo Scientific APEX 100 metal detector provides protection from many types of metal contaminants encountered in food production today.

  10. Improving Quality Assurance In The Meat And Seafood Cold Chain 7/17/2012

    According to the CDC approximately one in six Americans is sickened each year by food borne illnesses. That’s nearly 48 million preventable illnesses. The best prevention, according to the FDA, is to properly treat or cook the food and then to chill it to temperatures that prevent the growth of pathogen and the formation of toxins.