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Dive into precision and reliability with NIST Traceable Calibration Certificates for certified reference thermometers. Whether you choose spirit-filled glass thermometers or digital thermocouple thermometers, each device undergoes meticulous calibration and inspection at the manufacturer to align with NIST traceable reference standards. These standards, certified by an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited calibration laboratory, ensure the highest levels of accuracy. Thermco®, a trusted provider, offers popular reference thermometers calibrated at critical temperature points. Embracing good laboratory and manufacturing practices, these thermometers should be recertified annually. Explore Thermco®'s custom calibration services, facilitating direct collaboration with the manufacturer for precise temperature monitoring in laboratories and food manufacturing processes. Discover the significance of NIST's Calibration Services and the accompanying NIST Certificate of Accuracy, providing a benchmark
Discover essential tips and tricks for effective thermometer use with Nelson-Jameson. Whether you're dealing with spirit-filled or mercury thermometers, understanding proper storage, reuniting techniques, and recertification requirements is crucial. Learn about the color variations in spirit-filled thermometers and the importance of annual recertification for certified thermometers. Stay informed about mercury regulations in your state and explore mercury-free alternatives available from Nelson-Jameson. In case of a mercury-filled thermometer break, ensure safe cleanup with a mercury spill kit and report the incident to Nelson-Jameson for proper disposal guidance. Delve into the concept of thermometer immersion and gain valuable insights into using infrared thermometers, including tips on maintaining accuracy by keeping the lens clean and avoiding prolonged storage in cold environments. Elevate your temperature monitoring practices with Nelson-Jameson's comprehensive thermometer tips and
Meet regulatory requirements with accurate temperature readings. Accurate and reliable temperature monitoring is a crucial aspect for the food and dairy industries. Now more than ever, regulatory compliance is of the utmost importance, and having the exact thermometer for your intended application will be the key to success and accountability.
With a variety of monitoring options available, temperature instrumentation is more flexible today than ever before.
With that in mind, Nelson-Jameson has developed a Temperature Monitoring Program, featuring products and information to help you meet regulatory requirements with accurate temperature readings in any application.
Below you will find everything from dial and digital thermometers to chart recorders and data loggers to help ensure your food stays safe.
For more information on Thermometers, visit our Learning
An essential part of any robust environmental sampling program is ensuring concise, representative samples. Without ensuring the quality of a sample, one can certainly not ensure the quality of a sampling program, or the quality of one's product.
One of the most popular methods of surface sampling used by our customers in the food industry are sponge samplers for larger areas (swabs being used most often for smaller and harder-to-reach areas). Often composed of cellulose or polyurethane, sponge samplers are everyday essentials for our food industry customers, that help proactively mitigate against environmental contamination concerns. Though a common, daily practice in a food processing facility, it is useful to occasionally revisit sampling techniques to ensure the best representative samples are being taken by employees.
So, if you haven't revisited your sampling best practices lately, here is what the
Ah, the beauty and purity of a new cleaning tool. Freshly removed from any packaging, and unsullied by the elements: nothing but possibility ahead of it. Whether you enjoy opening new tools as much as I apparently do, or you are more in the “pop it open, because there is a ton of stuff to do” camp, there are a few tips that our friends from Remco have provided to get the best out of your new cleaning tool. These simple steps help to ensure safety before the first use.
How to Prepare a New Cleaning Tool for Use
New cleaning tools—especially those sealed in plastic pouches like the ones from Vikan® and Remco—often look like they’re ready for use right out
Ten years...that’s a long time, right? But...not really. The more I see 10th, 20th, or 25th-anniversary releases of favorite albums or movies, the more I feel like time is slipping away...and ten years seems more like a blink. So, when you consider the dichotomy of the slow and all-too-quick hands of time, it’s impressive how much has been accomplished, and yet how far we have to go in food safety since the Food Safety Modernization Act was enacted in early 2011.
As much as it would be great to go with either a “yay” or “nay” as to whether it has been a success, like many pieces of major legislation, there have been both phenomenal strides as well as stagnation. As food safety is a complex undertaking, involving waves of domestic and global political and trade relations, budgetary concerns, etc., the quality assurance of the Act itself can be a challenge at times. As we’ll see though, overwhelmingly,
Resources made available with Nelson-Jameson's Learning Center! This educational learning library was created to encourage our customers to seek out information, when applicable, to aid them in making informed purchasing decisions within the food, dairy, and beverage industries. By providing this free resource for anyone to use, our goal is to have you feel comfortable and confident in the products you purchase.
An intriguing aspect of our Learning Center is that the information we are providing is supplied to us by manufacturers, and industry associations. It is our goal to relay to you the most up-to-date information for your convenience. The information within this resource falls into several categories: Laboratory & QA/QC, Packaging & Ingredients,
Effectively managing water activity is crucial for maintaining the quality of water in your products, as it can prevent a host of expensive problems, including microbial growth, mold, texture loss, caking, clumping, rancidity, and vitamin degradation. To help you tackle these challenges, Nelson-Jameson presents an industry-leading range of equipment and consumables designed to ensure food quality, safety, and overall profitability in water testing. The Water Activity Meter offered by Nelson-Jameson is a simple, rapid, and portable system for measuring water activity, ensuring product safety with its durability, ease of use, and low maintenance requirements. Additionally, the Aqualab 3 and Aqualab 4TE provide fast, accurate, and repeatable water activity readings, offering precise measurements with minimal training and administrative control over calibration and sample data. The Aqualab TDL 2 extends this capability to accurately read any sample, including those with volatiles, providing
A light snow falls on a cold December afternoon. Up pulls the delivery person with a parcel for you. As you eagerly await them to make their way up to the entryway, you can’t
According to the FDA, "one of the most commonly documented food safety problems in plants have involved sanitation monitoring, including checking food-contact surfaces and plant cleanliness" (Schug, para. 1). To make matters even more complicated, the
COVID-19 pandemic disrupted normal operations as well for countless food and beverage manufacturers. Disruptions may occur due to limited staff because of layoffs, social distancing requirements, or sickness. These situations on top of the normal expectations of having a clean food plant, can lead to the need of resources for food safety sanitation.
It is essential that food manufacturers create safe, quality food, therefore, routine practices need to continue, and additional sanitation protocols may need to be added. Employers also need to ensure a safe environment for their staff, including minimizing the risk of being exposed
