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Want to Brew Clean Beer? Our Brew Kits help make your job easier.
We know that brewing is a labor of love… and that 90% of your work
is cleaning. We’ve developed four Brew Kits, exclusive to Union Jack, just for you!
Based on core products used by brewers for cleaning and material handling needs,
our kits help make your job easier and keep your brewhouse and beer clean. Union
Jack chooses our food safe products based on quality, performance and customer recommendations.
And, we bundle them based on best use to make shopping easier and faster for
our cust
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Oct 08, 2020
Getting Started with Brewery GMPs
The
Food Safety and
Modernization Act (FSMA)
of 2011 (pronounced “fiz-muh”) requires that breweries,
wineries, cideries and distilleries follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
to keep consumers safe. This may seem like a daunting task for breweries that
are just getting started or have a small staff. The regs were originally
designed for food manufacturers until the FDA deemed beer “food” in 2011. As of
September 2018, all breweries - regardless of size - must comply. It can b
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Sep 24, 2020
Improve Worker Safety and Reduce Foreign Object Contamination with Detectable Safety Cutters
Safety directors are constantly striving to reduce hazards in food processing plants. These facilities often require specialized cutters to cut open ingredient bags, boxes, strapping / banding, netting, tape, and plastic wrap during the manufacturing and packaging process. Workplace lacerations threaten user safety, can lead to loss of productivity and/or contamination of the food prep areas. Additionally, food manufacturers have to mitigate the risk of foreign object contamination should a
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Jul 30, 2020
Deep Cleaning Food & Beverage Facilities After a COVID-19 Shutdown
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting normal
operations for countless food and beverage manufacturers. Limited staff from
illness, layoffs or social distancing requirements, additional sanitation
requirements, changes in the level of production (up or down), and even facility
shutdown have resulted in fewer resources and less focus on food safety
sanitation. Manufacturers have a legal obligation to produce safe food and it
is therefore essential that routine sanitation practices c
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Jul 09, 2020
Mitigating Foreign Body Contamination Recalls in Food Manufacturing
If you
follow
FDA
recalls
, the words “possible foreign matter contamination” are a very
common (almost weekly) cause. Put simply, it refers to any extraneous matter,
whether physical, chemical or biological, found in food. And remember, food
includes beverages, bottled water and nutritional products. Typically, the
foreign bodies render the food unfit for human (or pet) consumption. Recalls
can be very costly for food manufacturers. Indirect costs of potential fines,
lawsuits, s
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May 04, 2020