Monthly Archives: December 2015

Anthony J. Lupo, Director of Technical Services • Issued February 2015

Background In recent months there have been several cumin recalls involving seasoning blends containing high levels of undeclared peanut, and in some cases, detectable levels of almond. This has resulted in significant concern in several segments of the food and ingredient industry related to the safety of their incoming raw materials, and the tools available to accurately test them for these undeclared residues.

Understanding the Role of Environmental, Raw Material and Finished Product Testing May 2013, by Leavitt Partners Global Food Safety Solutions

What You’ll Learn From this Paper A number of established and proposed global food safety regulations and initiatives seek to both protect consumers, and provide guidance to the food industry on how to best produce the safest possible products. These regulations and initiatives address all aspects of safe food production, processing, and delivery every step of the way to the consumer.

Introduction Cleanroom personnel are well aware that they must be vigilant against small items that can ruin manufacturing processes – entities like particles, fibers, bacteria, and viruses. But, even smaller contaminants – ions – can wreak havoc in electronic products made in highly efficient cleanrooms. The bad news is that ions in these microelectronic environments can ruin products worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. There’s no real good news, except that the problem is confined to the electronics industry.

A guide to properly fold and use a low-linting wiper for maximum efficiency and effectiveness in a controlled environment.

Production consumables are used in diverse healthcare facilities including compounding pharmaceutical rooms, aseptic manufacturing lines, and biotechnology laboratories. Obviously, in these facilities the consumables must be absolutely sterile so as not to contaminate the end product.

This technical note describes the three optimum isopropyl alcohol (IPA) concentrations found in prewetted wipers and explains why each concentration is ideal for its particular cleaning application. Additionally, the note explains why pre-wetted wipers incorporate different wetting levels to optimize cleaning.