Laboratory Testing for Your GFSI Certification

So you’ve started the process of becoming GFSI certified. You’ve chosen your platform and taken the training course. Now you are setting up your system and realize that you need
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Taking the “Labor” out of Selecting a Third-Party “Labor”atory – Joseph Nicholl

The need for a third party or contract laboratory is almost a must in today’s marketplace. The word laboratory, first used in the 1600’s, comes from the Latin laboratorium, aplace
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Listeria spp. vs Listeria Monocytogenes

By: Joseph Nicholl When submitting a sample for testing which option should you choose: Listeria spp. or Listeria monocytogenes? That is a good question. One is very broad (Listeria spp.)
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Global E.Coli Outbreaks

The impact of an E. coli outbreak is far-reaching. It spreads through the entire supply chain, leaving consumers, farmers, and retailers in a bind. Losing 45% of your sales overnight
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The Benefits of Environmental Monitoring

Each year roughly 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from foodborne illnesses according to the CDC. As our food supply becomes progressively more globalized, the
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Salmonella- The Most Common Bacterial Foodborne Disease

Salmonella – we all know its bad for us but why? What is it? Where does it come from? Why should we care? Does my company have a plan in
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What is FDA Detention and What Do We Do About it?

Written by Thomas Jones, Senior Director of Analytical Services and Pam Cooper, Quality Assurance Manager for Safe Food Alliance Detention; a word associated with childhood pranks, the principal’s office, guilt,
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Testing Your Product for Glyphosate

Written By Wiley A. Hall, 4th, Ph.D. Recently there has been a heavy focus on pesticides throughout the United States and the World, specifically on glyphosate. While pesticides are used
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