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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN FOOD SAFETY Romer Labs Launches New Web site omer Labs, a leading global food-safety diagnostic company, has unveiled its new Web site, available at www.romerlabs.com. Continually striving to expand the company’s global brand, Romer has been working passionately on a new Web site design over the last few months to give visitors a userfriendly experience. The new online platform offers great insights into the world of food safety diagnostics, covering topics such as mycotoxin analysis, food allergen and gluten testing. Visitors will view a cleaner look and will find more improved ways to discover Romer’s products and services. The new Web site also includes a “Knowledge-Center,” with extensive background information on a wide array of contaminants and toxins, including mycotoxins, food allergens, veterinary drug residues and melamine. Romer’s new integrated dynamic online product-catalog gives an excellent overview on products and services. Registrants will view many new features, including newly launched product videos. Romer Labs’ 30 years of expertise in food safety diagnostics comes handsomely packaged in a great and easy-to-use online platform with this new website! R Manitowoc Foodservice and NSF International Partner to Provide Safer, Certified Commercial Foodservice Equipment SF International, an independent global organization that writes public health standards, tests and certifies products for the food, water and consumer goods industries, is now N the preferred provider of sanitation certification services for Manitowoc Foodservice, a leading global foodservice equipment company. NSF now provides sanitation certification for all 25 of Manitowoc’s foodservice equipment brands worldwide, which include a wide range of products such as ice, beverage, cooking, serving, warewashing and sanitization equipment NSF International has developed national public health standards for commercial foodservice equipment, and tested and certified equipment to ensure it complies with these standards, since its founding in 1944. Most state and local health departments require that food service establishments use equipment certified to these NSF American National Standards. By combining NSF International’s expertise in foodservice equipment sanitation and Manitowoc’s leadership in equipment manufacturing, the two organizations are helping to provide safer, higher quality foodservice equipment to companies worldwide. To earn NSF foodservice equipment certification, NSF audits the manufacturing facility and conducts an evaluation of the design and construction of Manitowoc’s products. The evaluation includes testing to verify material safety and to determine that the material does not leach harmful chemicals into food, as well as performance testing to verify that the product performs as advertised. NSF also conducts annual unannounced facility audits to verify continual compliance to the program. Products that earn NSF Foodservice Equipment Certification can bear the NSF Mark. The NSF Mark on Manitowoc Foodservice products signifies to customers and regulators that their products have been tested and certified to the highest standards by an independent third-party and also comply with the applicable regulatory requirements for foodservice equipment. “Selecting NSF International as our preferred certification provider lends even more credibility to the safety and reliability of our food equipment products,” said Tom Wooderson, director of global supply chain at Manitowoc Foodservice. “Additionally, this agreement allows for commercial efficiencies as we continue to grow our global business.” “We are very pleased to enter into this important partnership with Manitowoc Foodservice,” said Sarah Krol, NSF general manager of food equipment. “This agreement reinforces NSF’s Food Equipment Certification program as one of the most widely known and respected certifications in the foodservice industry. NSF certification signals to customers and regulators that Manitowoc’s products have met the highest standards for foodservice equipment.” For more information on NSF’s Food Equipment Certification program, visit NSF International’s web site or contact Jason Branham at 734.913.5769 or jbranham@nsf.org. Thermo Fisher Scientific Center of Excellence Helps European Food Labs Cope with Latest Dioxin Contamination of Chicken Eggs hermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, is alerting food testing laboratories in Europe that it offers methods to detect and confirm dioxins in food products. These methods, developed by the Thermo Fisher POPs (persistent organic pollutants) Center of Excellence in Bremen, are critical technology for monitoring and containing the latest occurrence of dioxin contamination of chicken eggs in the Lower-Saxony T 484 FOOD PROTECTION TRENDS | AUGUST 2012 http://www.romerlabs.com http://www.romerlabs.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Food Protection Trends - August 2012

Food Protection Trends - August 2012
Contents
Sustaining Members
From Your President
Commentary from the Executive Director
Efficacy of Various Consumer-Friendly Produce Washing Technologies in Reducing Pathogens on Fresh Produce
Assessing Factors Contributing to Food Safety Culture in Retail Food Establishments
New Members
What’s Happening in Food Safety
Industry Products
Journal of Food Protection Table of Contents
Advertising Index
Coming Events
Thoughts on Today’s Food Safety...Threats to Ingredient Water Safety

Food Protection Trends - August 2012