Pre-Cooling Produce: Cut-to-Cool Solution to Reduce Shrink and Maximize Shelf Life 
DeltaTrak’s cut-to-cool solution provides monitoring of produce temperatures from harvesting in the field through the pre-cooling stage, and all the way into cold storage. When packing takes place in the field it is important to know how long the harvested produce is exposed to damaging temperatures before being cooled.
Wireless Traceability of Prepreg Product Temperature
This solution brief provides information and guidance concerning temperature and out-time monitoring of prepreg materials during storage and transportation. Solutions are applicable to prepreg, carbon fibers, fiberglass, Kevlar, potting materials, sealants, and a variety of other time and temperature sensitive (TATS) materials manufactured for use in the aerospace, automotive, sporting goods, and wind energy industries. The solutions offered within this document apply to prepreg manufacturers, composite processors, and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs).
Wireless Temperature Monitoring Cuts Cost of Loading Refrigerated Trailer Trucks
Vaughan Foods, Inc. operates as an integrated processor and distributor of refrigerated foods in the United States. Its products consist of fresh-cut vegetables, fresh-cut fruits, salad kits, prepared salads, dips, spreads, soups, sauces, and side dishes. The company offers custom vegetable mixes and custom sized produce cuts. Vaughan Foods, Inc. markets and sells its products to food service distributors, regional and national restaurant chains, and retail grocers.
FlashLink Wireless Aids Home Infusion Vendor JCAHO Compliance
FlashLink Wireless Aids Home Infusion Vendor JCAHO Compliance troublesome maintenance and unsupportive of QuadraCare’s regulatory requirements. Brian searched online with the expectation that the replacement wireless temperature monitoring system should be affordable, dependable, quick to install, easy to use, met FDA 21 CFR Part 11 requirements and would aid in QuadraCare’s regulatory audits.
FlashLink Data Loggers Ensure HACCP Compliance for GoodHeart Speciality Foods
GoodHeart Brand Specialty Foods (www.goodheart.com) provides quality prepared foods and meats for high volume restaurant chains and service delis. As with any food preparation business, HACCP principles drive production procedures. Their new facility in San Antonio, Texas is HACCP approved and USDA inspected.
Wireless Temperature Monitoring for Medical Specimen Archiving and Storage
Biomedical Research Institute (BRI) provides medical research and specimen storage repository services. Established in 1968, BRI has an unblemished track record of providing exceptional service to multiple private and government sector contracts consisting of more than five million specimens collected.
Extending Shelf Life: Ethylene Absorption Packaging Stategies for Produce Transport
Historically how to preserve and store food for consumption when there might be a food shortage has given birth to such packaging innovations as using glass, wooden barrels and cans to protect and later transport food. The invention of the cardboard box at the end of the 19th century and the invention and discovery of plastic and polyethylene in the 1920s and1930s opened up a new era in protecting and transporting foods. The ongoing drive to find new technologies for preserving and transporting food has changed our lives significantly from one where we consumed what was available nearby to a world where out-of-season or exotic foods can be found year round at any neighborhood market. Growers, packers, distributors and retailers of food are challenged on a daily basis to find the most efficient ways to conserve our food resources and minimize loss. more
Focusing the spotlight on prevention: What to expect from the Food Safety Modernization Act
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) S. 510 was signed into law in 2011. The law significantly expands the powers of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with respect to foods it generally oversees and its main goal is to focus the department on food contamination prevention. The bill is considered to be the first major federal legislation on food safety since 1938 when the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act was passed giving the FDA authority to oversee the safety of food, drugs and cosmetics. Since then the FDA has had only a limited role in controlling food safety as the industry regulated itself. With the passage of time however U.S. food production has become more centralized and the importation of foods has risen significantly. more
Food safety: What is safe food?
Safe food is defined as food free of contamination with contamination occurring at any point in the growing, preparing, processing, storing, selling or serving of food. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 70% of all foodborne disease is due to viruses spread by direct or indirect contact with infected individuals. The CDC further states that 5,000 people die each year from tainted food, 325,000 are hospitalized and 76 million people become ill annually from food contamination. more
Food safety: sanitation issues, methods & solutions
Foodborne disease on a global scale is very difficult to quantify however, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention announced in December of 2010 new estimates on foodborne disease illness, hospitalization and deaths. The CDC reports that approximately 48 million people fall ill with 128,000 requiring hospitalization and 3000 individuals dying each year. Additionally, a World Health Organization report in 2004 listed that disease associated with diarrhea was the 5th leading cause of death worldwide with the majority of those deaths attributed to food and water contamination. more
Produce shelf life: issues and extension methods from harvest to retailer
Produce is a highly perishable commodity making shelf life a race against the clock for growers, processors and retailers. With national averages of produce shrinkage at 6%, according to the Produce Marketing Association, shelf life costs US retailers in excess of $2.1 billion per year. This paper will review factors that shorten and extend shelf life, and multiple methods to extend and measure produce shelf life as it pertains to produce processed from harvest to delivery to the retail facility. more
Vaccines and Bio-Logics: Managing Quality and Compliance within your Cold Chain Supply Network
Over forty years ago the 27th World Health Assembly resolved to build on the success of the smallpox eradication program and established the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) to ensure that all children, in all countries, benefited from life-saving vaccines. The newly launched EPI at that time recommended the use of vaccines to protect against six primary diseases: tuberculosis (BCG), diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP vaccine), measles and poliomyelitis. As time has gone on there have also been local programs introduced around the globe to prevent specific outbreaks of particular childhood maladies. more
FlashLink Wireless Systems: Cold Chain Monitoring, Alarming & Reporting
DeltaTrak® offers a state-of-the-art wireless monitoring network designed to help customers qualify temperature and humidity conditions throughout their environment: warehouses, storerage areas, refrigerators, freezers, walk-in coolers, clean rooms, processing areas and labs. The FlashLink RF 2.4GHz Wireless System uses modern ZigBee technology with unique floor plan mapping software. The System is a wide area, real-time monitoring, recording and alarm system with user-defined set up, continuous monitoring and complete management reporting for temperature and humidity.
ColdTrak: Prevent Shrink and Save Money
Ensuring the integrity of perishable and temperature sensitive products in the critical control points of a cold chain is imperative in today’s business world. The cloud-based ColdTrak® Global Cold Chain Solution will help you improve your cold chain efficiency through comprehensive information management, and protect your financial interests by better documenting and auditing your cold chain processes.
FlashPDF
FlashPDF is an easy-to-use interactive program using data downloaded from any FlashLink® in-transit data logger. The program creates a locked PDF file that is ideal for security and regulatory compliance including FDA 21 CFR Part 11. Once installed on a Windows PC, the program runs in the background, and when a logger is connected via USB port.
FlashPDF Program Manager
The FlashPDF Program Manager software is a user-friendly and feature- packed program available for FlashLink Reusable loggers. It can be downloaded from the DeltaTrak website, must be purchased and requires a serial number to complete installation. The Set-Up Wizard and Import function become active only when the FlashPDF Program Manager Software interfaces with FlashLink® Reusable loggers.