Latest in Food Tradeshows

Idaho Technology recently participated in two industry tradeshows: Food Safety Summit was held in Washington, DC April 12-14 and United Fresh was held in Las Vegas April 20-22. We were able to debut our new booth and new Idaho Technology logo and tagline.

United Fresh 2010 had a dedicated area focused exclusively on food safety solutions for growers to retailers and offered attendees a unique Food Safety Demo Center. The center displayed food safety products, innovations and solutions, and the latest in food safety regulatory activities. Idaho Technology was thrilled to be a part of this event and showcase our real-time PCR instrument the R.A.P.I.D.® LT Food Security System with kits for testing Salmonella, Listeria and E.coli O157:H7.

The 12th Annual Food Safety Summit featured a full program of intensive educational seminars, industry and government keynote speakers, workshops, networking events and a large trade show exhibition. This year the Summit addressed the challenges of the Global Food Community. Idaho Technology participated as an exhibitor and also presented our poster on:

	Development of High Volume Reagent Kits for Idaho Technology’s R.A.P.I.D.® LT Food Security System to Increase Sample Throughput

To see the poster and all Idaho Technology posters please click here

Meat Safety and Accountability Act introduced

On March 26, 2010 MeatPoultry.com published an article on Senator Jon Tester's efforts in introducing the Meat Safety and Accountability Act. This proposed legislation is designed to have the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service implement a program to trace contaminated meat back to the original source of contamination. In addition, the bill also seeks to improve testing at meat suppliers and individual meat processors in the case of an outbreak.

According to Senator Tester, “this bill puts more common sense and fairness into the equation as our food travels through the supply chain to the kitchen table. This bill will make our food safer to eat by ramping up accountability. And it will help small meat processors in rural America that too often get blamed for contamination that didn’t begin with them.”

The Meat Safety and Accountability Act will next go to the Senate Agriculture Committee. Read more at: http://tinyurl.com/yg9tqzk