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What are protective cultures and other bio-preservative approaches?

Yogurt and cottage cheese could benefit from bio-preservation to reduce spoilage.

John A. Lucey Ph.D., Director, Center for Dairy Research

April 11, 2025

Protective cultures are an emerging and growing area in the food industry, including for use in dairy products. Among other benefits, they can help reduce food waste and spoilage.

Equipment suppliers highlight innovations in lab testing kits and equipment

February 14, 2023

New equipment from Bentley Instruments, CEM, Chemetrics, and more!

Equipment suppliers highlight innovations in cheesemaking equipment

January 26, 2023

New equipment from Admix Inc., Ampco Pumps Co., Avioincar, and more!

Equipment suppliers highlight containers and plant instrumentation

October 24, 2022

New equipment from Festo, KPM Analytics, Urschel, and more!

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.

Manage food safety data

Use data analytics to drive decision-making and continuous improvement.

John T. Allan III, MS Rebecca Piston

September 17, 2018

The data age is here to stay, and we know dairy companies that don't take advantage of it will be less successful than those that do in this highly competitive, and often volatile, market environment.

Supplier news

3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. receives U.S. character mark registration

The word mark shows that the food handling equipment meets standards of design established by 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc.

September 10, 2018

The word mark shows that the food handling equipment meets standards of design established by 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc.

ProAmpac Seattle site food safety certification

Dairy supplier news

ProAmpac site receives SQF certification

The company’s Auburn, Wash., facility was awarded Level 2 certification by the Safe Quality Food Institute.

August 27, 2018

The company’s Auburn, Wash., facility was awarded Level 2 certification by the Safe Quality Food Institute.

A collaborative effort to help small dairy manufacturers meet safety guidelines

A recently launched Wisconsin food safety program is designed to help small artisan dairy manufacturers meet FSMA guidelines

John A. Lucey Ph.D., Director, Center for Dairy Research

August 10, 2018

Manufacturing safe, wholesome products is perhaps the most important aspect of any dairy foods business, especially when it comes to consumer confidence. Therefore, as an industry, we are always looking for ways to improve our products and maintain the most robust food safety protocols possible.

Supplier news

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service chooses 3M for pathogen testing

The contract makes the 3M Molecular Detection System the primary method used by USDA FSIS for the detection of Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and E. coli.

July 10, 2018

The contract makes the 3M Molecular Detection System the primary method used by USDA FSIS for the detection of Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and E. coli.