Combined partnership for the control of Salmonella in the Canadian Poultry Industry

The continuously increasing Food Safety standards require continuous process improvements by food processors. With the introduction of the new Canadian Poultry Performance Standards, Canadian Poultry Processors are now encountering challenges similar to those faced by Poultry Processors in the United States. But, how can the industry keep up to meet these lifting standards?

Improving your Food Safety Management program, the natural way

Within the wide range of different interventions to increase food safety, a commonly adapted strategy by processors is the Multi-Hurdle, Multi-Technology Approach. This involves combining known interventions in a smart way to combat Foodborne Pathogens such as Salmonella. This approach started to gain popularity among Food Processors in Canada, especially since the introduction of the Canadian Poultry Performance Standards for Raw Chicken Parts. This is partly due to the solution being effective against all Salmonella serovars, without affecting any Organoleptic Properties.

The United States has gained experience with phages over the past 10 years, and it became a popular and widely used intervention tool ever since the USDA introduced the US Poultry Performance standards, combined with chicken and turkey categorization. The scientifically proven efficacy of our phage solutions in combination with the absence of negative effects such as impact on color, texture, odor and taste of foods treated, increased the popularity of this intervention. This made the use of Phageguard S (PGS) against Salmonella an integral part of the Multi-Hurdle, Multi-Technology approach for the remediation of foodborne pathogens in the Food Industry.

5 years of partnership in assisting the Canadian food industry with Phage Technology

The key of improving food safety protocols lies in partnership and innovation. Almost 20 years ago, Phageguard started to develop Phage Technology for the control of Foodborne Pathogens in the Food Industry, and has built it to an industry standard. Beginning in 2018, the Canadian based company, Think Ingredients, and Phageguard combined forces and started their partnership to introduce phage technology into the Canadian market, ensuring an Organic Solution for the reduction and control of Foodborne Pathogens found in the Food Processing Industry.

Think Ingredients is primarily focusing on natural solutions and have the knowledge of implementing our Phage Solutions in different Food Safety Strategies for years. Besides knowledge, they carry their own stock to ensure the availability to their Canadian customers at all times. That's what we call the Power of Partnership.