DOUGLAS PEARISO is the former senior quality assurance manager of the Foods Business Unit of Gerber Products Company, Freemont, MI where he is accountable for the oversight and strategic leadership of the quality systems for Gerber’s Domestic Baby Food Operations. Previously, Peariso held quality assurance posts with The Clorox Company (Parsons, WV) and Campbell Soup Company / Vlasic Foods International (Imlay City, MI).

• 1. The Importance of Preventing Foreign Material Contamination of Food Products. 2. Proactive Management Strategies for Dealing with Foreign Materials.3. Physical Separation Techniques for Controlling FM Contaminants.4. Applications of Magnetic Separation to Prevent Foreign Material Contamination of Finished Food Products.5. Principles and Strategies for Using Metal Detectors to Isolate Metallic Foreign Materials from Food Products.6. Machine Vision and Its Application to Prevent FM Contamination of Foods.7. X-ray Examination of Foods for Foreign Materials.8. Proper Initial Validation, Ongoing Verification, and Change Control for Separation and Detection Equipment.9. Proper Use of Acceptance Sampling and Statistical Process Control to Augment FM Control Programs.10. Management and Communication of Risk in Situations of Crisis.Index

"Complete with comprehensive, contemporary discussion and read professional reference on the contamination of food products with foreign material, this book also examines the regulatory guidelines and processes that lead up to enforcement actions."Beverage & Food World, July 2007

DOUGLAS PEARISO is the former senior quality assurance manager of the Foods Business Unit of Gerber Products Company, Freemont, MI where he is accountable for the oversight and strategic leadership of the quality systems for Gerber’s Domestic Baby Food Operations. Previously, Peariso held quality assurance posts with The Clorox Company (Parsons, WV) and Campbell Soup Company / Vlasic Foods International (Imlay City, MI).

• 1. The Importance of Preventing Foreign Material Contamination of Food Products. 2. Proactive Management Strategies for Dealing with Foreign Materials.3. Physical Separation Techniques for Controlling FM Contaminants.4. Applications of Magnetic Separation to Prevent Foreign Material Contamination of Finished Food Products.5. Principles and Strategies for Using Metal Detectors to Isolate Metallic Foreign Materials from Food Products.6. Machine Vision and Its Application to Prevent FM Contamination of Foods.7. X-ray Examination of Foods for Foreign Materials.8. Proper Initial Validation, Ongoing Verification, and Change Control for Separation and Detection Equipment.9. Proper Use of Acceptance Sampling and Statistical Process Control to Augment FM Control Programs.10. Management and Communication of Risk in Situations of Crisis.Index

"Complete with comprehensive, contemporary discussion and read professional reference on the contamination of food products with foreign material, this book also examines the regulatory guidelines and processes that lead up to enforcement actions."Beverage & Food World, July 2007

DOUGLAS PEARISO is the former senior quality assurance manager of the Foods Business Unit of Gerber Products Company, Freemont, MI where he is accountable for the oversight and strategic leadership of the quality systems for Gerber’s Domestic Baby Food Operations. Previously, Peariso held quality assurance posts with The Clorox Company (Parsons, WV) and Campbell Soup Company / Vlasic Foods International (Imlay City, MI).

• 1. The Importance of Preventing Foreign Material Contamination of Food Products. 2. Proactive Management Strategies for Dealing with Foreign Materials.3. Physical Separation Techniques for Controlling FM Contaminants.4. Applications of Magnetic Separation to Prevent Foreign Material Contamination of Finished Food Products.5. Principles and Strategies for Using Metal Detectors to Isolate Metallic Foreign Materials from Food Products.6. Machine Vision and Its Application to Prevent FM Contamination of Foods.7. X-ray Examination of Foods for Foreign Materials.8. Proper Initial Validation, Ongoing Verification, and Change Control for Separation and Detection Equipment.9. Proper Use of Acceptance Sampling and Statistical Process Control to Augment FM Control Programs.10. Management and Communication of Risk in Situations of Crisis.Index

"Complete with comprehensive, contemporary discussion and read professional reference on the contamination of food products with foreign material, this book also examines the regulatory guidelines and processes that lead up to enforcement actions."Beverage & Food World, July 2007