Food Safety Begins With QC Equipment

Food safety. It's one of the hottest issues in the processing industry, and rightly so. Recent headlines reporting outbreaks of foodborne-illness serve as a reminder that pathogens have and will continue to be the arch enemy of processors everywhere.

While meat and poultry products are deemed to be at greatest risk for this type of contamination, other foods, including milk, eggs, fruits and vegetables can also harbor disease-causing bacteria like E. coli, listeria and salmonella. Companies linked to incidents involving these types of bacteria can lose millions of dollars in wasted product and damage control, and suffer serious damage to their reputation.