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! NEW! SS-709 -T Fits are tiny viruses that can impact only bacteria. These viruses are capable of destroying specific strains of bacteria and historically were used in medical applications prior to the discovery of antibiotics. Currently, bacteriophage technology is being used as a Food and Drug Administration approved protection method for cold cut meats and other refrigerated products. Jiang has isolated a bacteriophage library that is effective against 31 Salmonella isolates derived from rendering plant raw material transportation, receiving, and other areas. A significant amount of preliminary work is necessary to determine the optimal combinations of bacteriophages to most effectively and economically kill Salmonella of concern to the rendering industry. The overall project goal is to develop a bacteriophage product that can be used to treat rendering plant environments to reduce and/or eliminate Salmonella. With the implementation of the Food Safety and Modernization Act and its impacts on the rendering industry, it is imperative for the industry to have thorough validation data on the temperature and time required to kill Salmonella within rendering cookers. Dr. Annel Greene, graduate student M. Melissa Hayes, and Yubo Zhang, along with colleagues Jiang and Dr. William C. Bridges Jr., are working to validate the parameters necessary to ensure thermal Low drain Heights & Now on AutoQ AutoQuotes Call or Order Online S Tall dumpsters SS-914-W All models & Spare parts Worcester Industrial Products Corp. 800-533-5711 www.rendermagazine.com Render December 2013 29 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Render 4.5 x 4.875 December2013.ai 11/1/2013 9:44:49 AM Reach your customers... By advertising in Render! Render is the only magazine that focuses on the global rendering industry. By advertising in Render, you are reaching your core audience...not meat processors, not poultry processors, but renderers! Published six times a year, Render is read by thousands of potential clients, and thousands more on our website. And 2014 rates are still at 2007 levels! Why wait? Reserve your space now! Contact Render at (530) 644-8428 e-mail: editors@ rendermagazine.com www.rendermagazine.com/ media_kit destruction of pathogenic strains of Salmonella. So what are the rendering industry’s research needs for the coming year? FPRF Director of Research Dr. David Meeker is conducting a survey of FPRF members to identify emerging issues that could impact the rendering industry. Members are asked to consider the greatest challenges and relay those needs so they can be included as potential topics in the annual ACREC RFPs. Clemson University has researchers available from a wide variety of fields including all aspects of biological and life sciences, every type of engineering from chemical to mechanical to automotive, and all types of business topics including marketing, accounting, management, human resource development, and public policy. Clemson University has state-ofthe art computer science research and development capabilities as well, and its supply chain logistics research team conducts a variety of industrial research projects. Clemson University also has strong undergraduate and graduate student research programs available for creatively investigating topics from small to large. As you think of researchable topics, please e-mail Meeker at dmeeker@ nationalrenderers.com or Greene at agreene@clemson.edu so those ideas can be included as potential areas of research in the upcoming RFP. R


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