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The FDA Goes to Bat for Public Health
Major American food manufacturer ConAgra was slapped with the US\’s largest criminal food safety fine on December 13, 2016. ConAgra has been ordered to pay an $8 million fine and […]
Circle Beats Square in Efficient Autoclave Design
Rectangular-chambered medical autoclaves were all we had in North America for decades. Designed for round-the-clock use at hospitals, the medical-grade autoclave is undeniably robust and good at what it does, […]
Food Safety Inspection Is the Front Line of Public Health
Check your reservations; tonight might be a night to dine at home. A few minutes of googling can save you a long, dark night (try searching “restaurant inspection reports” and […]
Pet Food Manufacturers Avoid Recalls with Good QA
Pets are part of the family: We buy them comfortable beds, fun toys, treats from bakeries, and the best food we can afford. Unfortunately, the shortcuts taken by some pet […]
Lightbulbs Alone Aren’t Going to Save Us 20% by 2020
Universities, like homeowners, are saving money on their energy bills by switching to LED bulbs. Kansas University recently replaced 4,500 bulbs across campus, an effort that’s expected to net the […]
Local Food Manufacturers Make Use of Autoclaves
Food doesn’t get much more local than mushrooms you grow inside your house. The Detroit Mushroom Factory, a two-person business operating out of a home in the North End neighborhood […]
Further Developments in Full-Validated Turkey Autoclaving
Since we first mentioned it, the time-honored tradition of turkey autoclaving has continued to pick up steam. Craig Venter—among the first scientists to sequence the human genome—was doing it back […]
Some Like It Hot—And Some Want to Save Energy and Money
Have we squandered our natural resources beyond the point of no return? NOAA has monthly recorded record high temps across the planet for more than a year. It can’t all be […]
Food Poisoning Can Lead to Criminal Charges
Companies are always looking for ways to save money, but there are no shortcuts in the food manufacturing industry. While the FDA has been stepping up efforts to curb food […]
The US Is Running Out of Water
States are running out of water and it’s not just the arid ones out west, with wildfires and water restrictions. A recent GAO report found that 40 out of […]
US Plumbing Code Needs a 21st-Century Makeover
Most of us carry supercomputers in our pockets all day — the better to check Facebook for your sister’s latest cat video — but the plumbing systems we rely on […]
Does Your Autoclave Need a Check-up — Or a Trade-in?
We have a tendency to assume that, as long as our autoclave is producing sterile loads, it’s running fine. But that doesn’t really stand to reason: All devices begin to […]