Food Safety for Dairy Processors - Articles - Page 20

The 16 tests you need to perform on raw milk, finished products

Testing raw milk ensures you are receiving a high-quality product. Testing finished product protects consumers.

June 16, 2016

In order to have safe and high-quality products, dairies must start with high-quality raw milk and cream. Tests must be selected and run on each batch/tanker before you decide whether or not to accept the load.

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Dairy processing facilities must follow new FDA intentional adulteration rule

This rule in many respects parallels the Preventive Controls Rule for Human Food with the exception that it deals with intentional bad acts.

Clay Detlefsen

June 2, 2016

The FDA’s Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration (the “food defense rule”) covers approximately 9,800 food facilities, including dairy plants.

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How will expanded drug-residue testing affect grade ‘A’ products?

IDFA adds a new session to the Milk and Cultured Dairy Products Conference

May 2, 2016

IDFA adds a new session to Milk and Cultured Dairy Products conference that focuses on plans to expand requirements for testing veterinary drug residues in milk.

Lab notes

3M MLS kit speeds UHT, ESL beverage testing

The system reduces the time-to-result by two to three days or more.

April 27, 2016

3M’s new Microbial Luminescence System UHT Beverage Screen Kit speeds the testing of ultra-high temperature and extended shelf life (ESL) nondairy beverages.

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3M releases next generation molecular pathogen detection test for E. coli O157

New assays are also available for Salmonella, Listeria and Listeria monocytogenes

April 25, 2016

3M Food Safety introduces its new Molecular Detection Assay 2 – E. coli O157 (including H7), adding to its line of next-generation tests.

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Icicle's traceability feature addresses recall challenges

April 14, 2016

Icicle's new enhanced traceability feature helps small and mid-sized food producers address recall challenges.

Learn best practices at the Food Safety Summit

Dairy processors and other food manufacturers gather with retailers in May when the 18th annual Food Safety Summit sets up shop near O’Hare Airport in Illinois.

April 13, 2016

The Food Safety Summit is a solutions-based conference and expo designed to meet the educational and informational needs of the food industry including processors, retailers, distributors and foodservice operators. The annual event, in its 18th year, takes place May 10 through 12, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill.

Snoqualmie Ice Cream: How we survived a recall

A Washington state ice cream company destroyed over 300,000 pounds of ice cream. Losses were well over $1 million. The CEO calls the recall ‘devastating, stressful yet incredibly meaningful.’

Barry Bettinger

April 12, 2016

On Dec. 23, 2014, we issued a voluntary recall for all of our products, including pints, single-serve cups, wholesale tubs and mix.

Does your dairy operation have a ‘culture of clean’?

A proper cleaning protocol consists of more than just 'pre-rinse, wash, post-rinse, sanitize.' Follow these step-by-step procedures to assure satisfactory results day after day.

Charles Davis

March 14, 2016

A new day of processing and packaging is about to start in your dairy plant. The first shift has arrived and as the employees walk to their stations, they are pleased by the gleaming stainless steel, shiny walls and clean floors they see.

Maytag blue cheese recall at Whole Foods

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Whole Foods recalls Maytag raw milk blue cheese

The Iowa Department of Agriculture discovered possible contamination by Listeria monocytogenes. No reported illnesses have been linked to the product.

March 1, 2016

Maytag Dairy Farms has recalled its raw milk blue cheese because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.