The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was created to ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply. FSMA shifts industry focus from responding to contamination, to preventing it, making food processors take a more proactive approach to eliminating and preventing foodborne contaminants from entering their plants. Under FSMA, food processors are required not only to identify known and potential hazards, but also to prevent the occurrence of them. Thus conventional methods of cleaning and sanitizing are being re-evaluated, as manual washing operations, including power spraying, cannot uniformly eliminate contaminants and pathogens. In the case of GoldCoast Salads, a Naples, Fla.-based producer of high-quality seafood spreads, the goal was to acquire an automated washing system that would improve productivity and efficiency while maintaining maximum food safety. Founded in 2001, GoldCoast Salads is a highly successful family-owned business that produces a premium product. As part of an expansion into a new processing facility, GoldCoast Salads has installed a customized washing tunnel that will further ensure that its food buggies will be cleaned and sanitized.
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