Progress on the Food Safety Act
The Senate’s version of the food safety bill introduced last year - S.510 – looks like it finally has enough bipartisan agreement on key issues and might have a chance of passing. Some of the provisions of the bill include: Hazard analysis and preventive controls: Facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold food must have in [...]
Polyonics’ New Flame Retardant Label Material
Using flame retardant materials has been common in some industries, such as the aviation business for a long time. Recent cases in the electronics industry, where some consumer devices have overheated and caught fire, shows how important the use of flame retardant materials is in this industry as well. This makes the introduction of the [...]
New Label Offers ESD Protection
A new label made of antistatic materials offers protection from electrostatic discharge on your PC boards. Even the smallest and most complex components can be protected from ESD throughout the life of the label. These labels protect against ESD in two ways: first by eliminating the charge that can occur when the label is removed from [...]
Food Safety Legislation Expected To Pass Soon
The Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) could be on the President’s desk within a few weeks. The bill was unanimously voted out of committee in mid-November 2009, and after months of waiting, the Senate is expected to bring pending food safety legislation to the floor within the next week. Even though the bill has [...]
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Product Tracing in Food Systems
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) convened a panel of experts to consider how comprehensive traceability in the food supply chain is vital to food safety and to examine the technology available to achieve this. As a result IFT came up with a report outlining their recommendations for the data elements that need to be [...]
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