Food Safety for Dairy Processors - Articles - Page 29

CEM’s new FAST Trac Analyzer

February 21, 2013

Flexible enough for use in the QA/QC laboratory or at-line, CEM’s new FAST Trac Analyzer provides fast and accurate fat and moisture determinations in dairy powders.

Weber Scientific's RCS air sampler

February 20, 2013

The RCS air sampler operates on impaction principle, drawing airborne micro-organisms onto an agar media strip for later incubation and analysis.

Perten’s DA 7250 is an NIR diode array-based instrument

February 20, 2013

Perten’s DA 7250 is an NIR diode array-based instrument that test samples for multi-components in seconds.

Shimadzu's new SALD-2300 measures wet or dry materials

February 20, 2013

The new SALD-2300 laser diffraction particle size analyzer from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments measures wet or dry materials to ensure product quality.

3M’s molecular detection system

February 19, 2013

3M’s molecular detection system is said to be an accurate and easy-to-use method of detecting pathogens like Salmonella, E. coli -0157 (including H7) and Listeria in a variety of food types.

Bruker’s MPA FT-NIR spectrometer

February 18, 2013

Bruker’s MPA FT-NIR spectrometer measures protein, moisture, fat and other parameters in everything from curds to whey.

Brookfield Engineering offers services for testing viscosity, texture and powder properties

February 17, 2013

Brookfield Engineering offers services for testing viscosity, texture and powder properties.

Advanced Instruments launches a fast and accurate dairy analyzer

February 16, 2013

Bio-Rad's iQ-Check line of validated realtime PCR test kits

February 15, 2013

Bio-Rad manufactures products for food safety testing. Its iQ-Check line of validated real-time PCR test kits for detection of pathogens utilize shortened enrichment times (less than 24 hours).

Rules and regs

FDA seeks comments on Listeriosis draft; FSMA rules

The Listeriosis risk assessment is a joint effort between FDA and Health Canada. FDA seeks FSMA comments at meetings in Illinois, Oregon.

February 12, 2013

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing two additional public meetings on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA): Proposed Rules for Produce Safety and for the Preventive Controls for Human Food. Last week the agency announced a draft quantitative assessment of the risk of listeriosis from soft-ripened cheese consumption in the United States and Canada. The risk assessment is a joint effort between FDA and Health Canada.