Partner content: Cross-contact or Cross-contamination – What’s the Difference?
Cross-contamination is the term used when pathogens (bacteria, viruses, parasites) that may result in food borne illnesses (food poisoning) are transferred from:
1. a surface to another surface - e.g. using the same cutting board to prepare raw meat and cooked meat
Partner content: Why is Milk Pasteurized?
Pasteurization is the process of heating raw milk to reduce the bacterial (both good/beneficial bacteria and bad/harmful bacteria) and viral load.
High bacterial concentrations prompt two new violations for Canton mill
A pair of new environmental violations issued this month brings the total for Canton’s shuttered paper mill up to seven since it closed last June and 22 since May 2021 — an average of 1.3 violations every two months.