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Should Commercial Kitchens use Protein Swabs for Food Safety?

Emport — Tue, 23 May 2023 15:24:01 +0000

Ensuring food safety in a commercial kitchen is vastly different than in a manufacturing environment. While a food manufacturing facility will make one item at a time per line it operates, cafeteria and commissary staff must make dozens of different foods daily and on short notice. Each dish comes with its own risks and hazards, from allergen cross-contact to unsafe storage temperatures.

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AlerTox Sticks Soy Plus now available.

Emport — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 15:07:12 +0000

AlerTox Sticks Soy is now AlerTox Sticks Soy Plus Emport is happy to bring this newly reformulated kit to you. While remaining as easy as ever, this kit uses a new, more sensitive antibody for detection of Soy. As always, the kit can be used to test food, surfaces and liquid samples. The LOD of […]

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What’s the difference between LFD , ELISA and PCR testing?

Emport — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:36:45 +0000

Allergen control has become increasingly important for food manufacturers, due in large part to consumer demand for safe foods and federal regulations. There are many techniques in a responsible hazard plan for allergen-free products: reputable sourcing, established cleaning procedures, final transportation of the product, etc. A mis-step with an undeclared allergen can be devastating to […]

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What would you do during a recall event?

Emport — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 15:33:13 +0000

Food recalls can have a serious, long-term impact on consumer confidence in your brand, beyond the specific recalled product. In 2017, 218 food products posed health risks to unknowing consumers because allergenic ingredients were not properly displayed on product labels. According to Food Safety Magazine, this category dominates the recall arena. The most common reasons […]

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AlerTox: a full line of allergen detection test kits

Emport — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:52:27 +0000

Whether your facility is dedicated to producing allergen free products, or includes lines shared with allergen containing recipes, identifying hazard points is your first step in managing the risk of cross contamination. Where is contamination most likely to occur? Which of your ingredients are highest-risk, and which steps in your manufacturing process are most likely […]

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Defeating Milk Allergens with AlerTox Sticks Casein

Emport — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 14:48:59 +0000

If you’re a food producer, the Big 8 Allergens pose a risk to your products, your customers, and the reputation of your company. Milk allergy is counted among the most common of those allergens that affect children. Milk allergy isn’t the same as lactose intolerance, and the two have vastly different causes and consequences. As […]

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AlerTox Soy: detection of soy allergen in food processing

Emport — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 14:35:46 +0000

Soy is one of the “Big 8” allergens in the US, while also being widely used in the food industry, in particular as texturizer, emulsifier and protein filler. Many non-food products, including personal care products, pet food, adhesives and lubricants can also contain Soy. For instance, Soy lecithin can be present in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Soy […]

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Fish Allergies? AlerTox Sticks Fish to the rescue!

Emport — Thu, 26 May 2016 16:55:47 +0000

Continuing our series of blog posts about the many allergens that AlerTox Sticks can test for, today we’re going to talk about fish allergies. While fish is one of the 8 allergens specifically covered under US FALCPA regulations, it’s less frequently discussed than some other allergens. Since most people who have a fish allergy react to […]

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New! USDA releases guidelines for controlling allergens

Emport — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:08:14 +0000

In an effort to keep the public safe, the USDA’s FSIS (Food Safety and Inspection Service) has released a new guide for controlling allergen contamination in food processing. “Our mission as a public health agency is to protect America’s most vulnerable populations, including children, from harm, and these new guidelines do just that,” said USDA […]

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How much allergen is too much? A primer on Action Levels

Emport — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 19:41:42 +0000

Do you know what food labels are really saying about allergens? Does anyone? How do food manufacturers differentiate between a product having “traces” of an allergen versus a product containing that allergen as an ingredient? At what point are traces of an allergen a danger to the consumer? In a perfect world, the answer would lie in Action Levels.

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