Consideration of Mandatory HACCP Implementation in Japan

Implementation of HACCP in the Mexican Poultry Processing Industry

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) is a safety and quality management tool used as major issue in international and domestic trade in food industry. However, detailed information on costs and benefits of HACCP implementation is needed to provide appropriate advice to food processing plants. This paper reports on the perceptions of costs and benefits by the Mexican poultry proces...

Digitalization in a Mandatory Implementation Context

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

Implementation of a mandatory donor RHD screening in Switzerland.

Starting in 2013, blood donors must be tested at least using: (1) one monoclonal anti-D and one anti-CDE (alternatively full RhCcEe phenotyping), and (2) all RhD negative donors must be tested for RHD exons 5 and 10 plus one further exonic, or intronic RHD specificity, according to the guidelines of the Blood Transfusion Service of the Swiss Red Cross (BTS SRC). In 2012 an adequate stock of RHD...

HACCP in the chocolate industry

Over the last 20 years chocolate products have been at the origin of several salmonellosis outbreaks involving mainly children. One of the main characteristics are the very low levels of Salmonella normally found in such contaminated products. Due to the low water activity, the pathogens are not able to grow but these conditions provide a good protection leading to increased heat resistance and...