New Sanitary Check Valves
Valworx, +1 800-511-0100
Valworx's new line of sanitary check valves feature Tri-Clamp ends for hygienic connections, and all materials comply with applicable U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and 3-A standards. Valworx sanitary check valves are suitable for use in food and beverage and are typically used to prevent unwanted backflow. Highlighted features of the new line of Valworx sanitary check valves include:
- Concentric spring-loaded design
- Pressure rated to 217 PSI at 482 °F
- ASTM 316L stainless steel forged and machined valve body
- 100 percent tested with full traceability of all components
- Clamp design for easy disassembly, cleaning, and maintenance
- Temperature rating: –67 °F to 482 °F (–55 °C to 250 °C).
valworx.com
Food Safety Compliance Platform
Sensormatic, +1 800-642-7505
Johnson Controls' Sensormatic Solutions has added PENN Connected to its Sensormatic IQ platform capabilities to increase operational efficiency through remote refrigeration monitoring and digital compliance. The digital solution helps retailers combat food waste and assists with compliance by monitoring product storing temperatures, both hot and cold. The digital food safety platform provides remote monitoring, empowering retailers to better serve their shoppers with quality products at the right temperature. Through prompt alerts, retailers can intervene early to reduce or control product losses.
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Non-Enrichment True Quantification
bioMérieux, +46 31-688-490
bioMérieux has launched GENE-UP QUANT Salmonella, the first AOAC-approved and non-enrichment true quantification diagnostic for Salmonella. bioMérieux assures that the exact quantification and fast turnaround time of the new test allows poultry producers to evaluate and improve operational processes and mitigation measures, while reducing antimicrobial use, cost, and waste. GENE-UP QUANT Salmonella does not require enrichment of the sample, which means producers can receive accurate, real-time information about the exact quantity of Salmonella present in a poultry product.
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Beverage Kit for Faster Microbial Screening
Hygenia, +1 800-863-6842 (U.S.) / +1 302-695-5300 (international)
Hygenia's RapiScreen Beverage Kit provides high-performance testing for low-pH beverages and quality control results. The Kit is based on ATP bioluminescence technology and streamlines the screening process to a three-step procedure. The new kit has multiple benefits and features:
- Results obtained in less than 30 minutes following a 24–48-hour incubation period
- Results obtained for one to 96 samples at a time
- Allows for preparation of subsequent assays while system is in use
- Reduces product hold time to 1–2 days from 4–10 days
- Has a strong buffering capacity to neutralize complex, high-acid content found in fruit juices
- Is validated on a wide range of goods besides fruit juices, including UHT pasteurized products, teas, energy drinks, smoothie mixes, and condiments
- Is validated on raw materials, in-process formulations, and finished goods within the dairy, food, and beverage industries.
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Single Step for Culture Media
MilliporeSigma, + 1 800-325-3010
MilliporeSigma's ReadyStream solution prepares and instantly dispenses culture media for use in microbiological food testing. ReadyStream eliminates five time-consuming steps in the testing process, allowing for more streamlined, cost-saving, food and beverage testing. Traditional microbiological food testing methods require lab technicians to either prepare the culture media manually or use cumbersome bags of ready-to-use media. In the ReadyStream system, up to 100 liters of ISO 11133-compliant culture media can be prepared at the touch of a button. Concentrated media is diluted with sterile water to dispense up to 100 liters of preheated culture media from a 10-liter bag (shipped dry and reconstituted with the system), thereby eliminating autoclaving, powder handling, washing, and bottle handling from the process.
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‘Do Not Refreeze’ Label
SpotSee, +1 800.846.2468
SpotSee has released its ‘Do Not Refreeze’ label to ensure food quality and safety throughout the supply chain and within commercial food environments. Once food has gone through a freeze/thaw cycle, the quality and/or safety of food can be compromised if it is refrozen. After placing the ‘Do Not Refreeze’ label on the packaging, if the temperature drops below –15 °C/5 °F, the text turns dark blue and alerts handlers that the product cannot be frozen again.
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Metal-Detectable Safety Knives
MARTOR, +49 212.738.700
The SECUMAX 150 MDP extends MARTOR’s family of metal-detectable safety knives. The knives remain detectable if lost—even the smallest parts—and, therefore, have no long-term adverse impacts on sensitive production processes. Weighing only 31 grams, the SECUMAX 150 MDP is made of plastic that is metal- and X-ray-detectable. The SECUMAX 150 MDP is also safe when cutting. Its concealed blade means that the sharp cutting edge never gets too close to either its user or the packaged goods. The outer blade area, used for scraping off labels and splitting adhesive tape, is also non-sharp.
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Cloud-Based Sorting Machine
Anysort U.S.A., +1 916.372.2227
Anysort U.S.A. is offering a new, cloud-based sorting machine with Hawk-Eye recognition technology and shape-sorting automation for in-shell walnuts and peanuts, the TK64. It is also showcasing an infrared color sorter with Hawk-Eye recognition technology for kernels of walnuts, pecans, almonds, and pistachios, the VR164+. The TK64 presents high-dimensional material fingerprint perception technology, high-definition image acquisition, and bud location analysis technology. The cloud-based VR164+ offers international advanced multi-spectral analysis technology, along with Hawk-Eye recognition technology and intelligent shape-sorting automation. The VR164+ can accurately recognize and remove plastic particles, glass, animal waste, insects, sunflower gum, and other malignant impurities.
anysortusa.us
Antimicrobial Pallets
Tessco Systems, 415.691.8740
Tessco Systems offers an antimicrobial technology in its pallets that is not a surface application coating but an intrinsic additive that is embedded throughout the pallet polymer and provides broad-spectrum antimicrobial protection that won’t rub, scratch, or wash off. Tested and proven at extreme cold and hot temperatures, these pallets help actively reduce bacteria, fungi, and yeasts by up to 99.99 percent.
www.tesscosystems.com
Stainless Steel Belts
Belt Technologies, 413.786.9922
Belt Technologies Inc. designs and manufactures solid stainless steel belts and conveyor systems that help robotic technologies perform in the grocery and warehouse sectors reliably and efficiently. Their high tensile strength makes them exceptionally resilient and helps prevent jams in robotic automation and dependably perform tasks that demand rapid acceleration, precise positioning, and repetition. Steel belts also do not stretch or elongate and can withstand extreme environments. They are also sanitary and easy to clean, making them ideal for use in the warehouse and grocery sectors, where hygiene is a critical issue.
www.belttechnologies.com
Sensitive, Rapid Gluten Test
Hygiena, 888.494.4362
Hygiena has announced the release of GlutenTox ELISA Rapid G12, an improved test for the most immunotoxic peptide in gluten. The test provides more accurate results in less time than either previous versions or competitors’ ELISA tests for gluten and offers fast, convenient, and accurate measurement of gluten down to 0.6 ppm (0.3 ppm of gliadin).
www.hygiena.com
Line Inspection Magnet
Industrial Magnetics, 888.582.0821
Industrial Magnetics Inc. recently introduced the Spout Line Inspection Magnet (SLIM™) for processors who require simple and frequent sampling of the product stream at designated inspection points on the line. Intended for use with a comprehensive foreign contamination-detection program, the SLIM inspection magnets can be strategically placed at multiple locations throughout the process stream, such as discharge points of mixers, sifters, and screws, to help pinpoint the origin of any ferrous metal contamination.
www.magnetics.com
Legal Phyto-Cannabinoid Ingredient
NaturArk, 201.301.7108
NaturArk, a supplier of scientifically studied and validated ingredients for the human nutrition and food and beverage industries, has announced the launch of its Endophyllene® phyto-cannabinoid ingredient. A natural endo-cannabinoid agonist of the CB2 cannabinoid receptor, Endophyllene delivers a high concentration of the natural compound beta-caryophyllene. It is available as a highly purified black pepper extract in two forms: a powdered extract containing 30 percent beta-caryophyllene, which is ideal for tablets, capsules, and sachets, and an oil-based extract containing 80 percent beta-caryophyllene, which is well-suited as a straight drop in soft-gelatin capsules or liquid formulations.
www.NaturArk.com
Molecular Pathogen Detection
SnapDNA, 443.625.8166
SnapDNA has announced the first culture-independent, rapid pathogen-analysis platform. TrueRapid™ detects only live cells and works with standard, industry-accepted environmental samples collected from all surfaces. It provides quantitative results with a total time-to-results of 20 minutes with less than 5 minutes of hands-on time. The platform is designed to be used on-site by minimally trained personnel and without additional equipment or specialized facilities.
www.snapdna.com
Foaming Cleaner
Madison Chemical, 812.273.6000
Madison Chemical has introduced DART 444, a chlorinated, moderately alkaline detergent designed as a one-package, general-purpose foaming cleaner that performs well in most water conditions. When used in a “foam generator,” it produces a thick, stable, wet foam without dry-out or runoff. It is ideal for cleaning vertical, overhead surfaces, especially machinery surfaces that are difficult to clean by any other methods. It rinses easily and without streaking and is acceptable for use in food and beverage plants as an A1 general cleaning agent on all surfaces, or with steam or mechanical cleaning in all departments. It is proven effective in food and beverage processing facilities, specifically dough mixers, mixing tanks, and conveyor lines.
www.MadChem.com
Antimicrobial Pallets
Tessco Systems, 415.691.8740
Tessco Systems offers an antimicrobial technology in its pallets that is not a surface application coating but an intrinsic additive that is embedded throughout the pallet polymer and provides broad-spectrum antimicrobial protection that won’t rub, scratch, or wash off. Tested and proven at extreme cold and hot temperatures, these pallets help actively reduce bacteria, fungi, and yeasts by up to 99.99 percent.
www.tesscosystems.com
Stainless Steel Belts
Belt Technologies, 413.786.9922
Belt Technologies Inc. designs and manufactures solid stainless steel belts and conveyor systems that help robotic technologies perform in the grocery and warehouse sectors reliably and efficiently. Their high tensile strength makes them exceptionally resilient and helps prevent jams in robotic automation and dependably perform tasks that demand rapid acceleration, precise positioning, and repetition. Steel belts also do not stretch or elongate and can withstand extreme environments. They are also sanitary and easy to clean, making them ideal for use in the warehouse and grocery sectors, where hygiene is a critical issue.
www.belttechnologies.com
Antimicrobial Seals
Cambridge Security Seals, 845.520.4111
Cambridge Security Seals has announced its new line of A-MVB™ antimicrobial, antiviral, and antibacterial seals, which utilize a proprietary blend of resins and additives that repel and deactivate any infectious agents, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae, molds, or other microbes that can exist on the surface of a standard plastic seal. The ionic silver-based formula reduces the chance of disease transmission. The seals provide food and agriculture businesses and other industries that use tamper-evident and high-security plastic seals with an additional safety measure for their employees by eliminating the need to disinfect and clean the product.
www.cambridgeseals.com
Sensitive, Rapid Gluten Test
Hygiena, 888.494.4362
Hygiena has announced the release of GlutenTox ELISA Rapid G12, an improved test for the most immunotoxic peptide in gluten. The test provides more accurate results in less time than either previous versions or competitors’ ELISA tests for gluten and offers fast, convenient, and accurate measurement of gluten down to 0.6 ppm (0.3 ppm of gliadin).