Food Safety in a Minute - WSU Extension

Food Safety in a Minute
Food Safety in a Minute - WSU Extension

Need answers to your food safety questions? Food Safety in a Minute from Washington State University answers the most commonly asked questions from consumers. Listening is a quick and easy way to learn more about food safety. Subscribe to our weekly podcast and explore online episodes.

  1. JAN 15

    FSM 320: Heavy Metal Exposure from Our Food Supply

    Episode transcript [Music] For Food Safety in a Minute, this is Susie Craig. For sixty years, the Food and Drug Administration has tracked heavy metals in our food supply. Even trace amounts of arsenic, cadmium, mercury and lead in food, water, and air once ingested stay in our bodies. Heavy metals in food come from naturally occurring and environmental sources. Food may be grown in soil or irrigated with water containing higher levels of heavy metals. Food processing and handling food may increase or decrease levels. Whether naturally occurring or environmental, experts from academia, government, and industry continue to monitor and study their effects on our health. Read a free research-based report from the Institute of Food Technologists. Look online for Challenges, Risks, and Potential Solutions to Mitigate Heavy Metal Exposure: A Roundtable Discussion. This is Susie Craig from Washington State University Extension. [Music] Resources Institution of Food Technologists (10/24). Challenges, Risks, and Potential Solutions to Mitigate Heavy Metal Exposure: A Roundtable Discussion. https://164454.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/164454/Challenges%2c%20Risks%20and%20Potential%20Solutions%20to%20Mitigate%20Heavy%20Metal%20Exposure-1.pdf. Accessed online 12/8/24. United States Department of Agriculture – Agriculture Research Service. Food Surveys Research Group: Beltsville, Maryland, What We Eat in America. https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/beltsville-md-bhnrc/beltsville-human-nutrition-research-center/food-surveys-research-group/docs/wweianhanes-overview/. Accessed online 12/8/24.

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  2. JAN 8

    FSM 319: Food Safety Technologies – Smart Sensors in Food Processing

    Episode transcript [Music] Welcome to Food Safety in a Minute from Washington State University Extension. Smart phones, smart thermostats, smart watches connect us to information anywhere and anytime. Did you know smart devices used in our food system from farming to food processing reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses? Food manufacturers use smart sensors for real-time data monitoring. Innovative, complex technology allows manufacturers to monitor and record useful information related to food safety from raw ingredients to the shipment of products to your market. This includes predictive maintenance, reducing contamination risks, streamlining operations, and food recalls. Smart sensors embedded with artificial intelligence monitor the “health” of the sensor. When sensors are working properly, they alert employees to changes in equipment and processing controls which could impact food safety and food quality. This is Susie Craig for Food Safety in a Minute. [Music] Resources Food Safety Executive (9/23/24). How Smart Technology is Revolutionizing Food Safety: Q and A with John Isabel of ifm. Accessed online 12/4/24. https://foodindustryexecutive.com/2024/09/how-smart-technology-is-revolutionizing-food-safety-q-a-with-john-isabell-of-ifm/. Orth, Steve. Food Safety Tech (12/3/24). Food Manufacturing Future of Food Safety: Next-Gen Technologies On the Rise. Accessed online 12/4/24. https://foodsafetytech.com/feature_article/future-of-food-safety-next-gen-technologies-on-the-rise/.

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Need answers to your food safety questions? Food Safety in a Minute from Washington State University answers the most commonly asked questions from consumers. Listening is a quick and easy way to learn more about food safety. Subscribe to our weekly podcast and explore online episodes.

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