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From "May Contain: Uncertainty" to a Quantified, Managed, Defensible Allergen Program

Food Safety

From "May Contain" to Quantified Risk: Building a Modern Risk-Based Allergen Management Program

May 25, 2026

In a recent Food Safety Magazine webinar sponsored by Hygiena®, Allergen Uncertainty: Risk Assessment, Reference Doses and Codex Management Guidance, Dr. Bert Popping shared a question a quality manager once asked him: "How do I know I'm not har ...

Food Safety

It’s Time for Food Safety Labs to Move PCR Results to the Cloud

April 16, 2026

Managing PCR results with spreadsheets and paper records creates serious risks: transcription errors, delayed responses to positive pathogen results, ...

Food Safety

IFTPS 2026: The future of aseptic food & beverage production is already taking shape

April 2, 2026

The aseptic food and beverage industry is entering its next phase of evolution.  A few themes stood out across discussions with producers, scient ...

Hygiene Monitoring

Hand Sanitation Protocols: Essential for Food Safety

March 31, 2026

Effective hand sanitation is one of the most critical control points in any food safety program. Human hands are a primary vector for transferring pat ...

Food Safety

The True Cost of Foodborne Illness: Why Prevention Is Now a Business Imperative

March 20, 2026

Foodborne illness has long been viewed primarily as a public health challenge. However, newly released economic data reinforces a critical reality for ...

One Health Diagnostics

FSIS Is Watching More Than Listeria monocytogenes. Are You?

February 17, 2026

How Hygiena® BAX®, KLEANZ®, UltraSnap®, and SureTrend® Data Management Platform Support Sanitation Corrective Action Under FSIS Notice 08-26&nbsp ...

Food Safety

How Dairy Processors Can Overcome Staffing Shortages with Automated Sampling

February 9, 2026

Dairy laboratories are under increasing pressure from staffing shortages, training gaps, and rising production demands. Automated sampling reduces han ...

Food Safety

Inside Pet Food Safety: What Makes Salmonella Detection So Difficult

January 23, 2026

What Makes Salmonella Detection in Pet Food So Difficult? The pet food industry has evolved rapidly. What once centered on basic dry kibble has expand ...

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Food Safety

The Hidden Risk of Partial Inhibition: Why Some Foods Mask Salmonella and Other Pathogens

January 20, 2026

What Causes False Negatives in PCR Testing?  PCR testing is built for precision. But sometimes, the food itself gets in the way. Ingredients such ...

Food Safety

Different Foods, Same Risk: Managing Contamination in Ready-to-Eat Production

December 23, 2025

What makes ready-to-eat (RTE) foods especially prone to contamination?  Ready-to-eat foods promise convenience. Because these products move from ...

Hygiene Monitoring

Chocolate and Detection Challenges: Why Pathogen and Allergen Are So Hard to Find?

December 10, 2025

Why Is Chocolate Vulnerable to Salmonella Persistence at Low-levels?  Chocolate carries a sense of comfort and nostalgia. It is the product we gi ...

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