More Fallout from Peanut Corporation of America

Stricter Regulations coming your way in Georgia…

Sonny Perdue signed a bill into law last Friday (5/2/2009) that makes the state the first to adopt stiff new food safety requirements.

The new food safety regulations would require hundreds of food processors to alert state inspectors if internal tests show their products are tainted within 24 hours. It also gives Georgia agriculture officials the power to order the manufacturer to conduct more tests.

http://rwjf.org/publichealth/digest.jsp?id=10555

Personally, I'm just glad it's safe to eat peanut butter again!! It's great that we have solutions like the R.A.P.I.D.® LT Food Security System to keep our food safe:

http://www.idahotech.com/FoodSecurity/

Keeping It Fresh...

The lights, the glitz, the glamour….. the produce??!! Last week we attended the United Fresh show held in sunny, vibrant Las Vegas... The casinos and chaos on the outside didn't detour the waves of people on the inside of the show where an appetizing labyrinth of food samples awaited—from pineapple to guacamole, this show had our hunger covered! Most importantly, with the heightened awareness of global food safety issues, the show focused on industry audits, product traceability, rapid methods to test for food borne pathogens, and other issues that face growers, shippers, and food producers. Idaho Technology had a booth in the food safety pavilion and we were happy to showcase our food security system, the R.A.P.I.D.® LT FSS, which tests for pathogens such as Listeria, E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella.

A special thanks to Julie and Stuart from Microbiology International for helping us at the booth and showing us a good time!

Now I'm off to Washington, DC for the Food Safety Summit. Check back next week for a full report...