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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Special Sauce, Pathogens, and Tabletop Sterilizers
Chipotle screwed up. Big time. And a quality control department with two techs and a decent tabletop sterilizer could have prevented it all. Between August and December 2015, almost 500 […]
Learning to Trust Your Autoclave
Dugway has been under scrutiny recently for issues regarding the handling of deadly airborne pathogens. Bernie Youngblood, founder and president of Priorclave North America, is concerned these lapses aren’t getting […]
Education Is Our Best Defense
Nobody likes sloppy science. At best, results are untrustworthy; at worst, they can be deadly. It was revealed earlier this year that a US Army lab was improperly irradiating anthrax […]
Food Processors, Quality Assurance, Sterilizers, and Consumers
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream voluntarily recalled products and closed retail scoop shops in April 2015 after listeria was found in a random sample. The FDA promptly conducted a ten-day inspection, concluding […]
Ground-Breaking Research on Autoclaved Peanuts
More than 3 million people in the US report having an allergy to peanuts—a number that has gone up dramatically in the past twenty years. A recent study led by […]
Double-Door Pass-Through Autoclaves: A Sterilization Solution
Sadly, the Ebola epidemic has not waned in Africa, nor remained contained. It has made its way to US soil—albeit with a very limited number of incidents—and is driving a […]
Priorclave Earns ETL Listing With Third Edition Certification
Priorclave Ltd., one of the United Kingdom’s leading manufacturers of laboratory autoclaves, is pleased to announce that they have earned ETL Certification in the US and Canada. Going a step […]
California Mega Drought: Brief Blip or Decade-Long Diaster?
For the last six months hundreds of rural Californians have lived with dry taps, inflatable toilets, and not a drop of hot water. They eat fast food instead of cooking, […]