Food Safety Tools, Databases, and More — Solutions Abound at the Food Expo

A provider of software solutions for accounting, distribution, manufacturing, business intelligence, document management, and customer relationship management, SBS Group is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. With 25-plus years of food and process manufacturing industry expertise, SBS has a product portfolio that includes Microsoft Dynamics AX, Dynamics GP, Dynamics NAV, Dynamics CRM, BI 360, Kwik Tag, and Vicinity Manufacturing. SBS Group, sbsgroupusa.com, Booth 3707

Scientific and regulatory consulting firm Burdock Group provides customized compliance solutions supplied by a staff of toxicologists, nutritionists, and food scientists. Two new scientists have recently joined the Burdock team to help support the regulatory and nutritional science needs of food and feed manufacturing clients. Lu Zhao and Wendan Wang, both of whom are fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese and have experience in U.S. and Chinese food laws and regulations, will work with clients to substantiate claims, support food and feed additive petitions, review product labels, and assist with translating and interpreting novel food laws in China and for Chinese food ingredients entering the U.S. market. Burdock Group, burdockgroup.com, Booth 4427

The combined resources of IFIS, a provider of food and health information, and Molecular Connections, an information discovery company, come together in a new database for food regulations and compliance information. Called Escalex, the new database will debut this summer. The database will be updated regularly and every record will be indexed in-depth, employing food commodity and regulation terms. This will enable users to quickly uncover results that are relevant and reliable. A range of filter options and a dynamic display panel will allow users to efficiently drill down into the results lists to access needed information. IFIS, ifis.org, Booth 4753

A clinical research facility for testing metabolic responses to foods and ingredients, Glycemic Index Laboratories is ISO 9001:2008 certified. Confidential, independent clinical nutrition research services available under the acute testing banner include satiety assessment, markers of metabolism analysis, glycemic index determination, and continuous blood glucose monitoring. In the area of claims support, assessment services include weight loss, cardiovascular disease risk factors, multi-center trials, and meta-analyses. Services available in the long-term trials category include risk factor modification, functional foods, and novel fibers. Glycemic Index Laboratories, gilabs.com, Booth 3819

Interactive calculators from AIB International allow commercial bakers to evaluate the ability of baking processes to destroy Salmonella in product categories including muffins, bread, hamburger buns, and—most recently—crisp cookies. The calculators work by using oven time and temperature parameters to automatically determine the total process lethality for Salmonella. If the desired log reduction is achieved for a baking process and the pathogen of concern, a report that is generated may be used as guidance and supporting documentation for the Food Safety and Modernization Act validation and verification process. Lakshmikantha Channaiah will deliver an e-poster presentation titled “Kill-Step Calculator: An Effective Food Safety System for Bakery Products” at IFT16. Also new from AIB are two additions to its lineup of online baking courses available on LearningLab@AIB, the company’s online learning platform. These new self-paced online courses deliver information via convenient, simple modules. The new baking courses are Bread Manufacturing Process and Bread Troubleshooting. AIB International, aibonline.org, Booth 3309

Kansas State University’s Food Science Institute is a provider of education, research, and technical assistance to the food industry. A leading provider of online educational options, Kansas State’s online degree programs include the following: Food Science and Industry Bachelor’s Degree Completion Program, Food Science Non-Degree Undergraduate Certificate, Food Science Master’s Degree, and Food Safety and Defense Graduate Certificate. Kansas State also offers an industry-centered distance-education program focused on the food and agribusiness industries—the Master of Agribusiness degree. Created for working professionals, the program is designed to train managers for peak performance in a rapidly changing industry. Program graduates and current enrollees work in every sector of the food and agribusiness industry around the globe. Kansas State University, foodsci.k-state.edu, mab.ksu.edu, Booth 2044