On 4 January 2013, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed major new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules that many consider the most significant food safety advances since the 1940s. While one rule proposal deals largely with sanitation management and protocols on produce farms, another rule focuses on production and distribution sources; and…
“Sweet tooths” emerge each year around the holidays as candies, chocolates, pies and more are shared in offices and gatherings…or indulged in when one believes they are not being observed. Jelly beans rank highly among the iconic candies that people encounter in the holiday season. In a recent article in Packaging Digest, the complexity of…
Writing for Compressed Air Best Practices, a leading publication on the utilization of and issues impacting compressed air across a broad spectrum of industries, Ron Marshall offers a selection of technical guidance from two key publications by Compressed Air Challenge. His article, “How’s the Weather in Your Pipes,” is worth a read. Compressed Air Challenge…
The annual Diving Equipment & Marketing Association (DEMA) Show is an international trade-only event for the diving, action water sports and travel industries. Each and every year, it is one of the most entertaining and most hands-on educational opportunities in the promotion and growth of the diving industry. Visitors and vendors can inspect new equipment,…
Compressed air plays a major role in keeping emergency responders safe. For example, the proper functioning and safety of breathing air tank systems that are part for the gear fire services personnel wear requires verifying the quality of the compressed air used to fill them. If it has certain contaminates they can cause malfunction of…
