Resources
Webinar – Preventing Contamination: It’s All About Detection
On February 11th 2021, Olga Pawluczyk, CEO of PPO; and Casey Gallimore, Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs of the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) presented a webinar on detection methods for food processors.The webinar covered tools you can use to...
Preventing Food Contamination: It’s All About Detection
When it comes to finding foreign materials, there are a lot of options available to food processors: X-rays, metal detectors, visual detection systems and manual inspectors, to name a few. But no matter what methods you choose to make sure your products are free of...
PPO Team Supports Food4Kids with $4,630 Donation
The PPO team believes very strongly in supporting our local community. Many of our employees do volunteer work throughout the year. And each year we do a holiday fundraiser together. Over the past few years, PPO has supported Food4Kids Waterloo Region, a charity that...
Webinar – Helping Poultry Processors Increase Automation and Optimize Production
On October 22nd, PPO and Fieldale Farms presented a webinar specifically for poultry processors. The webinar was presented by Tim Stork, PPO's Product Manager; Danny Jeng, PPO's Product Development Specialist; and Corbett Kloster, Director of Food Safety & Quality...
Webinar – The Science of Spectroscopy
On June 18th, PPO presented a webinar that went in depth into spectrometers, how they're made, and why they are so important for our system. The webinar was presented by Priya Krishnaswamy, PPO's Optics Specialist; Michael Griffiths, PPO's Application Specialist. The...
Olga Pawluczyk on The Future of Ag Podcast
Our CEO, Olga Pawluczyk, recently sat down with Future of Ag podcaster Tim Hammerich to talk about how PPO views the future of the food industry. Food processors have been hugely challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes in demand, supply chain issues, plant...
Webinar – Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the Food Industry
On May 28th, PPO presented a webinar that considered how data can be used to help make your plant more efficient with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning.. The webinar was presented by Brad Oldenburg, PPO's Director of Data Insights; Jason Jordan, an...
Vision Systems, Explained
Did you know that there are over 1600 Google searches each month for the term “Vision Systems”? When we visit our clients, we hear a lot of discussions about vision systems in food processing. But “vision systems” is an umbrella term that can include many different...
Webinar – A New Approach to Food Safety and Quality
On April 23, our CEO, Olga Pawluczyk and our Data Quality Lead, Dr. David Gilbank presented the first in a series of webinars. The webinars will focus on helping food processors increase automation and improve food quality and safety during these challenging times....
Are Food Inspectors Really Effective?
“This morning, our inspectors found a tiny speck of hair on a piece of chicken. But last week, they missed a shovel.” Does this sound familiar to you? Many of our clients tell us that food inspectors can be remarkably good at finding foreign materials ... sometimes....