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Our collection of articles highlight the importance of food safety, the challenges faced in food processing, and helpful advice to keep your food operations running safely and efficiently. Each blog is curated by our expert team at Quantum Food Solutions to bring you reliable and informative guides.
European Listeria Outbreak 2015-2019: What Really Happened?
In Canada, the biggest outbreak of listeria in recent memory was in 2008; there were 57 confirmed cases and 22 deaths. It led to a costly recall and political reckonings; to this day, it stands …
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Can You Still Consume Freezer Burnt Food?
Freezer burn affects almost everyone – just about all consumers have a cut of meat or bag of veggies that gets lost at the bottom of the freezer. Some people will take out a steak …
The Top 4 Food Safety Concerns According To Consumers And How To Prevent Them
Food safety is serious business, and facilities processing and handling products and ingredients have to be aware of the primary types of food safety hazards, as well as the best methods of prevention. The top …
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What Is The CFIA and How Can You Benefit From It?
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is Canada’s highest authority on food safety. This agency, the largest science-based regulatory agency in the country, enforces food safety legislation and how it relates to concepts that are …
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What Are The Dangers Of Mislabeling Food Products?
Everyone along the chain of food distribution – from the product manufacturers to the co-packers to the distributors – has to make a concerted effort to ensure that food product labels are always accurate. Mislabeling …
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Is Your Food Safety Record Keeping Up To Par?
An important part of food safety procedures is the seventh point of every Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system: record keeping. Whether you use them to improve facility management, stop compromises in your handling …
Improve Upon Food Safety Practices In Five Simple Steps
Improving the safety practices of a food processing or storage facility isn’t difficult. Managers must make it a part of every employee’s routine, and by bringing in some professional guidance, they can find every opportunity …
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Seafood Processing Challenges
Some benefits of eating seafood… The world’s human population consumes over 1,000 different species of seafood, that grow in a wide variety of habitats and geographic locations. Seafood provides many nutritional benefits, such high-quality protein, …
Cheese and Microbes
Delightful Cheese… What more needs to be said? With a different cheese to satisfy every palate, the options are endless: creamy brie, soft and smooth; blue cheese, sharp and salty; Parmigiano-Reggiano, sprinkled over pasta; sharp …
Meat Without the Cow
What is Cultured Meat? Cellular agriculture, whose products are known as cultured or lab-grown meat, builds up muscle tissue from a handful of cells taken from an animal. These cells are then nurtured on a …