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INDuSTRY PRODuCTS struction and strong performance at an affordable price, making them a cost-effective solution for many food processing companies. Day after day, year after year, the savings add up. Lightweight and highly maneuverable, the SL Vacs are ideal for picking up powders, liquids, dust and debris. Featuring all the “bells and whistles” of higher-priced industrial vacuums, they are also available with HEPA filtration, to capture 99.97% of particles, down to and including 0.3 microns. A unique release lever that lowers the wheeled collection container also makes disposal of collected debris a breeze. Like all Nilfisk CFM vacuums, the SL series is compatible with the company’s comprehensive line of hose and accessories to suit a wide range of cleaning applications. Nilfisk CFM 800.645.3475 Malvern, PA www.pa.nilfisk-advance.com Chris Sorensen, Dickson VP, explains, “If you are trying to map temperature and/or humidity conditions you want to know when data recording starts and stops. Without this ability to control the start and stop of data recording, unnecessary readings mixed in with your real data, making it more difficult to make an analysis.” The Dickson Multi-feature Digital Display Temperature & Humidity Data Logger also includes: • Easy-to-read digital displays that let you visually keep track of temperature and humidity conditions in between data downloads. • Options to display current or min/max temperature and humidity readings. • User-replaceable battery. • USB-enabled triple-speed data downloading. Dickson 800.323.2448 Addison, IL www.dicksondata.com SQF (Safe Quality Food) is rapidly becoming recognized as the standard in North America for food safety and quality. Designed to meet the needs of industry stakeholders in all major food categories throughout the supply chain, the SQF standard has been benchmarked against the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Guidance Document alongside the BRC (British Retail Consortium), IFS and Dutch HACCP standards. “Globalization of the world’s food supply has added complexity to the already challenging job of managing food safety and quality,” said Steritech CEO Mark Jarvis. “As an SQF Certifying Body, we are better positioned to help our clients manage risk and restore consumer confidence in their products and services.” Steritech offers a range of enterprise level solutions and services including systems development, consulting, training, certification, conformity assessments and technology to help primary producers, manufacturers and distributors in the food industry meet globally recognized standards of food safety and quality. Steritech Group, Inc. 800.868.0089 Charlotte, NC www.steritech.com Start-Stop Data Loggers Now Available from Dickson M onitoring temperature and/ or humidity is now far easier with the new Dickson Multi-feature Digital Display Temperature and Humidity Data Loggers (TP425) with both push-to-start and push-to-stop functions. Data recording is clean and easy-to-read. A temperature only version is also available (SP425). Steritech is Now a Licensed SQF Certifying Body he Steritech Group, Inc., a provider of technical services in the areas of supply chain food safety and quality, is pleased to announce that it is now a licensed SQF Certifying Body. T Be sure to mention, “I read about it in Food Protection Trends”! 50 FOOD PROTECTION TRENDS | JANUARY 2009

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