Food Safety Magazine, February/March 2013

Editor’s LetterWe at Food Safety Magazine are very pleased to share withyou more exciting developments in our digital mediaofferings...starting with our newly designed website:www.foodsafetymagazine.com! If you haven’t had the chance tocheck out the new site, we’d love for you to take a look around,explore our features, news and blogs, and even make a commentor two. We’ve made big changes to our navigationto make it more intuitive and user-friendly—easier for you to find the expert-written foodsafety-related information that you are lookingfor. With category drop-down menus and comprehensivesearch functions, all of our currentand past content is available at your fingertips.Plus, with our new social sharing options embedded in the site,we’ve made it easy for you to share all the information you find.Follow us on Twitter, @FoodSafetyMag; like us on Facebook,www.facebook.com/foodsafetymagazine; or connect onLinkedIn, www.linkedin.com/company/food-safety-magazine—wewant to be your ready source for information, wherever you needus. In addition, you can take the magazine with you on yoursmartphone or tablet by downloading our free app, available onboth Apple iOS and Android devices.When you are looking for products and services, remember toaccess www.foodsafetyconnect.com, our online marketplace forfood safety solutions. Find everything you need to ensure foodsafety at your facility, from instruments, pest control and auditingservices to consultants, testing reagents and sanitation supplies;Food Safety Connect allows you to run side-by-side comparisonson products and services. In addition, you can find how-tovideos, on-demand webinars and technical white papers on a vastarray of topics. All in all, Food Safety Connect is an indispensabletool for food safety professionals.Now available twice every month, our FSM: eDigest newsletterpromises to keep you apprised of the latest legislative updateson the Food Safety Modernization Act, as well as of the mostcurrent food safety strategies, both on the plant floor and in theboardroom. Our expert authors understand that keeping up withall the changes in food safety can be daunting; they want to makeit easy for you to stay ahead of the competition.Don’t be a stranger in the food safety community: Send usfeedback, Tweets and e-mails with your ideas, suggestions andnews. We’d love to hear from you!Best Regards,Barbara VanRenterghem, Ph.D.Editorial DirectorCEO, The Target Group Inc. Don MeekerPublisher Stacy AtchisonRecorded Message Bobby MeekerEditorial Director Barbara VanRenterghem, Ph.D.Art Director/Production Craig Van WechelCirculation Manager Andrea KargesAdministrative Manager Allison Demmert-PolandPublishing Office 1945 W. Mountain St.Glendale, CA 91201Main (818) 842-4777Fax (818) 955-9504customerservice@foodsafetymagazine.comEditorial Office 2 Nick Alan Cir.Rutland, MA 01543Phone (508) 210-3149Fax (508) 210-3139barbara@foodsafetymagazine.comProduction Office 1113 Ellis StreetFt. Collins, CO 80524Phone (970) 484-4488craig@foodsafetymagazine.comAdvertising SalesBobby Meeker (818) 842-2829bobby@foodsafetymagazine.comAdam Haas (321) 804-4319adam@foodsafetymagazine.comFood Safety Magazine (ISSN 1084-5984) is published bimonthly byThe Target Group Inc., 1945 W. Mountain St., Glendale, CA 91201;(818) 842-4777; Fax (818) 769-2939; E-mail info@foodsafetymagazine.com.Periodicals Postage Rate paid at Glendale, CA, andadditional mailing offices. Subscriptions: Free to qualified subscribersas defined on the subscription card; $85.00 per year for nonqualifiedsubscribers. Back Issues: $10.00 per copy, prepaid. Change ofAddress: Notices should be sent promptly; provide old mailing labelas well as new address. Allow two months for change. EditorialContributions: Unsolicited manuscripts should be submitted to: FoodSafety Magazine, 1945 W. Mountain St., Glendale, CA 91201. Notice—Every precaution is taken to ensure accuracy of content; however, thepublishers cannot accept responsibility for the correctness of the informationsupplied or advertised or for any opinion expressed herein.Postmaster: Send address changes to Food Safety Magazine, 1945W. Mountain St., Glendale, CA 91201. ©2013 by The Target GroupInc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without writtenpermission is strictly prohibited. The publishers do not warrant,either expressly or by implication, the factual accuracy of the articlesor descriptions herein, nor do they so warrant any views or opinionsoffered by the authors of said articles and descriptions.6 F o o d S a f e t y M a g a z i n e