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Dr. Ted Labuza

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Time Temperature Tags for Food Quality and Safety

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Newsweek 9/28/98

Manufacturers will still remain dependant on good refrigeration and safe handling by truckers and supermarket employees. Ted Labuza, Professor of food science and engineering at the UofM, worked with 3M to help design a special “tell the truth” tape that records a food's “time-temperature history” and turns a darker gray when the food is spoiled.


3M Monitormark
3M TTI Story on CBS Transcription
History of 3M TTI/Labuza Work


Cox Vitsab Tag
Bengston on Vitsab Tag
OSU Statement

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LifeLines

 

Other Information on TTIs and temperature monitoring

Press releases on TTIs
Bergen County Press
Time Temperature Indicators. A hit with French Shoppers (fee charged)

Other manufacturers
DeltaTrack Labels
I2M Technologies
Sandved Intl Time-temperature management

Research Papers and Presentations
TTIs in the cold chain
Military Use of TTIs
Italian TTI Site (in Italian)
Kinetics of Shelf Life Papers

Open dating Laws and practices
Review of Open Dating State & Federal Policy
USDA Policy on Product dating
Proposed Alabama Law on Out of Date Foods
Huntsville Times on Proposed law on expiration date violation
Alabama 1998 Open dating Regulation
Safe Storage Times and Temperatures

FDA-USDA Transportation proposal for potentially hazardous food

[Federal Register: November 22, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 227)]
[Proposed Rules] [Page 59372-59382]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] DOCID:fr22no96-28]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service 9 CFR Parts 325, 381
[Docket No. 95-049A] RIN 0583-AC05

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration 21 CFR Part 110
Transportation and Storage Requirements for Potentially Hazardous Foods
AGENCIES: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA; Food and Drug Administration, DHHS.ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) are seeking information and comments on
approaches the two Agencies might take to foster food safety
improvements that may be needed in the transportation and storage of
potentially hazardous foods. Potentially hazardous foods, including
meat, poultry, eggs and egg products, fish, seafood, and dairy
products, are those that are capable of supporting the rapid
multiplication of microorganisms that cause foodborne illness. This
notice seeks comments and information on various issues and
alternatives for ensuring the safety of potentially hazardous foods
during transportation and storage.

downlod pdf file of full Federal Register notice

 

Guidelines for evaluation of TTI reliability
Campden Chorleywood Manual for Evaluation of TTIs (fee charged)
NTIS Literature Citations (fee charged)
ASTM Guide for TTIs (fee charged)


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