Companies in the food producing sector, such as farmers and food processors, and those who carry out the transporting and the packaging of foods, need to be continually concerned about food safety. When taking into account that close to 76 million illness, 350,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths occur in the United States every year because of contaminated or unsafe foods, companies in this sector are desperate to improve food safety practices that will not only will safeguard their business, but will allow them provide the millions of consumers with safe foods. Initially, AgSolutions entered the marketplace as Mushroom Supply and Services, and our role was to meet the demands of the mushroom farmer by supplying effective yet unique mushroom growing products and equipment. It was not long before we expanded our food safety range and we now offer several products, which are used and relied on by farmers, food processors, packaging companies and transporters. The risk of putting unsafe food into the market is very high and for most companies, such risks can cripple their business. Our objective is simple and that is to enhance food safety by offering safe, chlorine alternative products that can be utilized from the beginning stages of food production, such as the pre-harvesting on farms, up to and including food safety for packaging companies, where the foods are packaged and are then sent to the shelves, ready for consumption.

The food safety products which have been created by AgSolutions can be used in various applications, from irrigation drip systems, fog tunnels, and dunk tanks to humidification systems. During the development of the products, AgSolutions joined forces with BioSafe systems and as such, products were designed using solutions and sanitizers that were powerful enough to destroy and eradicate harmful and deadly bacteria and germs, which would greatly reduce the risk of food contamination and which would improve food safety. For field operations the products for food safety contain OxiDate broad spectrum fungicide and TerraClean, and for sanitation and disinfection purposes, we use a product which contains SaniDate. Each of the products has been designed to eradicate a wide range of human health and plant spoilage pathogens, and the products will not leave any residue behind. Contaminated food is certain to have devastating consequences on human health, and to this end, farmers, food processors, food packaging companies and transporters must ensure that food safety methods are in place, which will allow the food to be safeguarded at all times. Thanks to the range of food safety products, we offer those in the food producing industries the assurance that all harmful and dangerous bacteria and pathogens will be eliminated.

To find out more about food safety, not only in terms of producers, but food safety at home, feel free to visit the AgSolutions website, www.ag-soltuions.com. The four simple steps for food safety include clean, separate, cook and chill, and on our website we have put together useful food safety guidelines.