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EBI FOOD SAFETY WINS GOLD IN LONDON

LISTEX™ awarded best industry innovation:
"Phages: the future of food safety"
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April 2008 feature article: Bacteriophages,
New Weapons for Food Safety

Meet us at coming events:

Fi Safety & Technology, Tokyo Japan, 15-17 October 

news

July 2008
EBI Food Safety nominated for Food Valley Award 2008 Read more



May 2008

Increasing Incidence of Listeriosis in Europe Read more

November 2007
EBI Food Safety honored with FI Gold Award 2007/2008 Read more 

July 2007
FDA and USDA approval for LISTEX™ as GRAS for all food products Read more

July 2007
FEM Business elects EBI Food Safety as one of Holland's most promising enterprises Read more
 

FOOD SAFETY CONTRIBUTION TO PROFITABILITY

Food safety defects are prohibitively expensive, perhaps as much as four times that of quality defects. Preventing the production of food safety defects results in gains in productivity and profitability.

  1. Expert estimates suggest that poor performance (producing and detecting defects) costs the food industry from 15% to 30% of gross annual sales.
  2. Testing, inspecting and retaining defects can further increase these costs
  3. Distributing defective food will irreparably harm the bottom line.

Perhaps more importantly, when contaminated products hit the market, an entire company brand can be at stake.

Production Cost Comparison
Planned Production Cost Food Safety Defects

  • Cost of goods
  • Utilities
  • Line time
  • Labor
  • Cost of goods - 2x
  • Utilities – 2x
  • Line time – 2x
  • Labor – 2 – 6x
  • Detection
  • Specialist’s fees
  • Quarantine
  • Rehabilitation
  • Destruction
  • Recall
  • Litigation
Source: Keener 2005