IKECA Standards for Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning
Thousands of restaurant fires happen each year. These grease-borne conflagrations result in millions of dollars of property damage and lead to injuries and even fatalities. […]
Food Service Industry
NSF/ANSI 2-2019: Food Handling Equipment
An American National Standard, NSF/ANSI 2-2019: Food Equipment, covers food protection and sanitation requirements for a variety of food handling and processing equipment. A chef […]
Hygiene Requirements For The Design Of Meat And Poultry Processing Equipment
They say that after handling raw meat, you should wash your hands. In fact, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services advises anyone preparing […]
Dietary Supplements Standardization – How ANSI is Striving for Safety and Quality
Many Americans depend upon dietary supplements to fortify their nutritional intake. According to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), “3 out of every 4 […]
Detecting Bacteria in the Food Chain – An ISO Approach
Standards Assure Safety in What You Eat With nearly 800 million people worldwide lacking the food needed to live healthy lives and one-third of all […]
NSF/ANSI 2-2018: Changes to the Food Equipment American National Standard
***Update: This standard has been revised. NSF/ANSI 2-2019: Food Equipment is available on the ANSI Webstore, and you can learn more about the new edition […]
NSF/ANSI 51-2019: Food Equipment Materials
Commercial food equipment adds much-needed efficiency to cooking operations. Due to mass urbanization and shifts in lifestyle, restaurants and hotels have become ever more abundant, […]
Changes to ISO 22000:2018 – Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) Requirements
Everyone needs to eat. In fact, the series of processes that guide food from production to consumption comprises a multi-trillion dollar global industry. But, with […]
Detecting Bacteria in the Food Chain: ISO 21528-2:2017
International standard ISO 21528-2: 2017: Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae specifies a method by which users […]
NSF/ANSI 25-2017: Vending Machines for Food and Beverages
NSF/ANSI 25-2017: Vending machines for food and beverages addresses vending machines from a public health perspective. This standard’s purpose is to establish minimum food protection […]