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Theme Food safety
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Fast serotyping supports Salmonella reduction»
Food safety is the prime concern throughout the food supply chain. Despite the fact that food safety has undoubtedly improved considerably over the last decade, consumer confidence lags behind. Meanwhile, governmental regulations are being tight...
Antibiotic resistance found in clean fed birds»
Banning antibiotics from poultry feed will do little –
if anything - to reduce antibiotic resistant bacteria that have the potential to
threaten human health. These surprising results have surfaced from research done
by a team of American scientis...
IPE focused on welfare and food safety»
The transport and stunning of birds remains a subject
of discussion among etiologists. US industry leaders continue to participate in
discussions while equipment suppliers try to answer the many questions raised.
The annual IPE exhibition offered ...
Benefit from advances in livestock nutrition»
Increasing
global competition means delivering meat products which satisfy
consumer demands for affordability, quality and safety. Advances in
livestock nutrition can offer significant benefits to the processor.
01 Sep 2006
Are bacteriophages the decontaminants of the future?»
Poultry
products play an important role in the occurrence of human food-borne
disease. Therefore the industry is urged to decrease the level of
contamination to zero, or at least to acceptable levels.
01 Sep 2006
Chemicals in spray washers do not decontaminate»
Decontamination of poultry carcasses is
permitted in the EU since the beginning of this year. However, there is
no decision yet on the chemicals that can be used. The effect of
various chemicals show no result to reduce salmonella and campylobacter
...
01 Sep 2006
Hand hygiene in the food industry»
Although it looks simple, hand hygiene
requires both strict discipline from employees and the correct choice
and use of washing and disinfecting products.
01 Mar 2006
Solving the water tank problem»
Poultry processors in Peru and Mexico plan to better their food safety
status by improving the microbiological profile of their scalder and
chiller tanks. Initially, twelve processors will take part in deploying
the technology in the region.
01 Sep 2005
Inhibitory conveyor belts reduce cross-contamination»
Many factors contribute to foodborne disease outbreaks, including
surface to product contact cross-contamination. A recent study
demonstrated the efficacy of commercial conveyor belts containing a
microbial inhibitor in reducing the populations of se...
01 Sep 2005
EU food safety regulation affects all»
Since the EU is an importer of poultry products and is very focused on
food safety, its regulations affect both its own producers and those
who produce its imports. The precautionary principle puts pressure on
producers to do everything right.
01 Mar 2005
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