Steve Decker

Steve Decker, M.S., is the director of technical services for Mérieux NutriSciences and a microbiologist with over 40 years of food industry experience. He specializes in food spoilage investigations, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points and Good Manufacturing Practices, EM programs, risk analyses and due diligence evaluations.

Environmental monitoring programs can prevent costly recalls

An effective environmental monitoring program includes a thorough root cause analysis

Steve Decker

June 19, 2019

Whether you're in the business of manufacturing cheese, milk products, milk powders, cultured products, ice cream or anything else in the dairy world, your final products must be wholesome and pathogen-free.

Ramp up food safety efforts

A challenge for the dairy industry is more tightly controlling and understanding food safety across the entire supply chain

Tim Freier Steve Decker Charles H. White

October 18, 2018

The dairy processing industry is under constant pressure to improve its food safety systems. This pressure stems from improvements in public health surveillance (such as the expanded use of whole-genome sequencing) and a ramping-up of food safety requirements from regulators, further processing customers and consumers.

The importance of environmental swabbing

A robust environmental swabbing program will greatly help dairy processors in ensuring the prime directive: public health.

Steve Decker

June 12, 2018

The importance of environmental swabbing in dairy operations cannot be overstated. Some reasons are rather obvious, while others may not be so. But the responsibility falls on all food and beverage manufacturing companies to ensure that public safety, health and trust are not compromised in any way.

A comprehensive environmental monitoring program can mitigate your recall risk

A comprehensive environmental monitoring program is the best ammunition in the fight against potential pathogen-related food recalls.

Steve Decker

October 11, 2017

It’s an unfortunate fact that food recalls still occur too often. And with the FDA’s focus on ready-to-eat (RTE) foods, the dairy industry is no exception. For example, there have been more than 20 recalls of various types of cheeses due to Listeria monocytogenes concerns thus far in 2017.

The global cosmetics market is undergoing a major shift towards the use of natural bioactive ingredients as consumers grow more skeptical of traditional formulations and demand greater transparency and sustainability.

Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are well established in dairy processing but continue to evolve to improve performance, reduce energy use, and increase operational longevity.

Steve Decker

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Environmental monitoring programs can prevent costly recalls

Ramp up food safety efforts

The importance of environmental swabbing

A comprehensive environmental monitoring program can mitigate your recall risk

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