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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
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.
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