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Technology "In a more globalized marketplace, where food service establishments, restaurants, and grocery stores can source ingredients and foods from the highest quality sellers, upstanding quality control has gone from a differentiating factor to a basic requirement to sell into the modern food supply chain," she says. "Recently, the implementation of FSMA has motivated food processors to step up their quality control programs to include robust environmental monitoring programs and thorough sanitation monitoring." "Verifying cleanliness allows facilities to confidently start food production, prevent contamination/recontamination, and potentially avoid reputation-damaging recall situations," he says. "Inside food and beverage production facilities, companies will designate zones according to level of concern, starting with areas like conveyer belts or fillers that directly come into contact with food and expanding to others areas like floor drains. Organizations establish various test points in their locations as well as pass/fail limits, and have individuals come in periodically to gauge cleanliness to ensure their surfaces are meeting those standards. Dewey agrees, noting that the technology is used within all parts of the supply chain to ensure sanitation and FSMA compliance, from the commissary to the transportation vehicle, to the arrival site and beyond. "For example, food and beverage manufacturers with wet foods like soup, milk and other liquids have production environments involving pipes and plumbing, so they'll test the rinse water that cleans those pieces of equipment," Dewey says. within the food manufacturing industry for decades now. "Testing for open manufacturing environments that have conveyer belts and other pieces of equipment that come into contact with dry food ingredients will use surface test swabs to be inserted into the luminometer. Food preparation, deli and dining environments will use these surface-testing media as well." So basically, both the 3M Clean-Trace Hygiene System and the Hygiena SystemSURE Plus are primarily used for areas that have been sanitized but need to be scrutinized. Both include test swabs that can collect hard-to-reach areas and directly catalog all data for longterm documentation within their software systems, and as always, there are benefits to using both that can be further studied on their respective websites. At the end of the day however, it's important to remember that no one test or testing technology can replace or eliminate the need Clean Living Never Tasted This Tender Serve up a better-for-you and better-for-your palate main course that doesn't place periodic elements on your dinner plate. Say hello to the natural goodness of ingredients from The Amazing Plum™ by Sunsweet®. Not only do ingredients from The Amazing Plum enhance ﬂavor and replace the need for added phosphates, they also bind moisture, improve yield and much more-resulting in clean label products. You can feel good about buying meat made better through the power of The Amazing Plum. It's the natural choice. 18 * SEPTEMBER 2016 * commissary INSIDER S U N S W E E T I N G R E D I E N T S . C O M http://www.sunsweetingredients.com

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