food safety

Purdue creates portable device to do on-site E. coli testing

Foodborne illness hits about one in six people in the United States every year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 48 mil... continue reading »

United Fresh launches program to equip food safety professionals

United Fresh Produce Association has launched its newest leadership development offering, the Produce Safety Immersion Program, developed to build the... continue reading »

Magnetic food detection company Bunting rebrands

Bunting Magnetics celebrated its 60th anniversary on Aug. 3. As part of the celebration, the company has launched a rebranding to unify all of its div... continue reading »

PSSI names Eckmann new VP of operations

Food safety and contract sanitation provider PSSI has promoted Tom “Tiny” Eckmann to its leadership team as vice president of operations. Eckmann ... continue reading »

Key Technology rolls out VERYX sorters for wet-end vegetable processing

Key Technology has introduced its VERYX belt-fed digital sorter with specific elements designed to benefit vegetable processors producing multiple pr... continue reading »

SIMBA Logistics mobile application upgraded to bi-directional real-time

Dynamic Systems has upgraded its SIMBA Logistics, the module that uses barcodes to manage inventory and shipping for the SIMBA production, traceabi... continue reading »

Bringing a processor’s work full circle with digital recordkeeping

{Sponsored} In recent history, paper records were the only option for food processors. Pre-printed pesticide reports were filled out and delivered to ... continue reading »

Texas A&M developing ‘super-repellent’ food surfaces to reduce outbreaks

Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, TEES, were recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of ... continue reading »

Eriez promotes three executives to key leadership positions

Equipment manufacturer Eriez has made three promotions of leaders to new positions. The appointments reflect an increased emphasis on global initiativ... continue reading »

Whitaker to step down as PMA chief science and tech officer

Bob Whitaker will retire in January 2020 after 11 years of service as chief science and technology officer for the Produce Marketing Association (PMA)... continue reading »