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Preventive and Predictive Maintenance: What is the Difference?

ByNeil Bogart

In the rapidly evolving landscape of the liquid food industry, maintenance strategies play a pivotal role in ensuring operational efficiency, product quality, and safety. Among these strategies, preventive and predictive maintenance stand out as two fundamental approaches, each with its distinct methodology and impact on the production lifecycle. Understanding the nuances of the these maintenance…

QualiTru Sampling Systems Introduces NEW TruStream7 Septum EU to Help Enhance Food Safety and Quality

ByMara Herschbach

QualiTru Sampling Systems (formerly known as QMI), leaders in the science of aseptic and representative sampling equipment for the food and dairy industries, announced the launch of a new TruStream7 Septum EU, which has been designed specifically to serve dairy and liquid food processing companies in Europe.

Why is Aseptic Inline Sampling Critical to Process Monitoring?
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Why is Aseptic Inline Sampling Critical to Process Monitoring? 

ByMara Herschbach

The significant food safety recalls that have occurred in the dairy processing industry this past year, ranging from Listeria outbreaks in ice cream to Cronobacter in infant formula, and the Food and Drug Administration’s* (FDA)’s recent publication of its revised Investigations Operations Manual draw attention to the criticality of inline process monitoring of bacterial risks,…

Representative Sampling for Butterfat Verification
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Representative Sampling for Butterfat Verification

ByAnne Bigalke

Why is representative sampling for butterfat verification important? Because reliable data equals accurate payment! Butterfat percentages in milk have been on the rise over the last decade, along with a substantial upward trend for butterfat pricing. That’s great news for farmers. It also raises the stakes regarding the accuracy and reliability of the data upon which…