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Jeremy Travis of Hilmar Cheese Company receives IDFA’s 2022 Food Safety Leadership Award

The award honors an individual, group or organization for demonstrating outstanding leadership directed at enhancing food safety within the dairy products industry.

January 26, 2022

Jeremy Travis, vice president of quality and technical services for Hilmar Cheese Company Inc., received the International Dairy Foods Association’s (IDFA) 2022 Food Safety Leadership Award during IDFA’s Dairy Forum in Palm Desert, Calif., on Jan. 25.

The dairy packaging sector feels the heat

Aseptic and retort packaging are becoming more popular and potent forces in the war against pathogens.

Richard Mitchell

December 3, 2021

Dairy packaging is playing an increasingly significant role in enhancing food safety and shelf life. Indeed, rising demand for packaging that can prevent microbial contamination is resulting in innovative designs and greater category activity.

Sealing in food safety

Velvet Ice Cream says adding a freshness seal to its 56-ounce containers was ‘the right thing to do’ for its brand.

Luconda Dager

November 19, 2021

Rarely in business are we offered an opportunity that results in the right thing to do for our customers, the right thing to do for our business and the right thing to do for our brand.

Avoid common QA and QC mistakes

Suppliers reveals best practices and common errors in QA/QC testing.

September 8, 2021

Quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) testing are essential parts of any dairy production process. These tests confirm any products leaving a dairy plant meet the company’s standards and food safety requirements — helping to ensure customer satisfaction and avoid any costly product recalls.

SCS Consulting launches food safety consultancy

New multi-lingual services support corporate food safety management system development and implementation.

September 1, 2021

Emeryville, Calif.-based SCS Consulting Services says it launched a food safety consultancy to support corporations in navigating the international food safety regulatory landscape, as well as the ever-growing body of industry- and consumer-based food and food safety certification programs.

Dairy processors catch the packaging wave

A growing array of packaging technologies and materials is helping to make dairy products more appealing, but leveraging the ideal options can be challenging.

Richard Mitchell

July 22, 2021

The dairy packaging sector is becoming an increasingly active center of innovation. Growing shopper interest in sustainability, along with changing eating habits, is resulting in the steady development of more eco-friendly designs and packaging in a wider array of shapes and sizes.

Neogen makes its environmental monitoring program available at no cost

For the next year, Neogen will waive the Neogen analytics EMP workflow automation module licensing fee for qualified food and beverage manufacturers.

April 9, 2021

Lansing, Mich.-based Neogen Corp. made its Neogen analytics environmental monitoring program (EMP) available to qualified food and beverage manufacturers for a full year at no cost.

DFA receives IDFA’s 2021 Food Safety Leadership Award

IDFA presented the award to the company on Jan. 26 during Dairy Forum.

January 26, 2021

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) received the International Dairy Foods Association’s (IDFA) 2021 Food Safety Leadership Award during IDFA’s Dairy Forum on Jan. 26.

Conquer contaminants in dairy food and beverage processing

Dairy processors could enhance food safety via implementation of increasingly sophisticated detection and inspection systems.

Richard Mitchell

January 4, 2021

While operators have a wide range of technology options for detecting foreign objects and guarding against potential pathogens during processing and packaging, implementing and maintaining the optimal equipment can be challenging.

Understand the benefits processing brings to dairy products

Minimal to mild processing performed with purpose can be an asset to dairy products.

Gregory Miller

December 3, 2020

Most foods go through some degree of processing. In fact, food processing has been in practice for at least 2 million years! The leading reason for processing is food safety.