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September 2011

VIGILAIR Systems to Exhibit at Pack Expo 2011
 
Company Represented as Subject Matter Expert at
Food Safety Summit Resource Center
 
NORTH TONAWANDA, NY - VIGILAIR Systems, Inc. with headquarters in Western New York, is exhibiting at Pack Expo International at the Las Vegas Convention Center, September 26 - 28, 2011 (Booth #6730).  VIGILAIR will be presenting their third generation Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) system for packaging sanitization with a higher intensity and improved efficiency.
 
Pack Expo will feature leading industry and subject matter experts at the Food Safety Summit Resource Center that will help manufacturers and processors respond to the many challenges they face in their respective industry.  Peter Bjorkman, President, VIGILAIR Systems, Inc. will talk with attendees to learn about the company’s UVGI technology in support of the latest breakthroughs in food safety and gain valuable insight into potential solutions.  The Resource Center will be a focal point for engagement at the Expo.
 
More recently, the food industry has been challenged for the first time by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with new legislation, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) signed into law by President Obama on January 4, 2011.  According to the FDA, the idea of prevention is not new.  The (FSMA)  has given the FDA sweeping enforcement powers and imposes broad new requirements on manufacturers, packers, processors and distributors of food.  The specific requirements will depend on regulations issued over the next two years.
 
As the food industry combats contaminants and adulterants that have food safety experts challenged to deliver innovative methods for superior detection. The FSMA is focused on preventing foodborne illnesses that cause about 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) to get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 deaths each year from foodborne illnesses, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  “According to CDC's 2011 Estimates for Foodborne Illness, eight known pathogens account for the vast majority of illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths including Norovirus, Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens, Campylobacter spp., Staphylococcus aureus, and E.coli,said Peter Bjorkman, President at VIGILAIR.
 
For more information, visit VIGILAIR Systems, Inc. at Pack Expo, Booth #6730 or online at www.vigilairsystems.com.