Cloud-based technology can help your partners in the food supply chain meet FSMA requirements while working to prevent outbreaks and quickly limiting situations if they do occur.
Restaurants can face major risks related to pest activity, which is why a proper Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program must be in place. Critical to IPM is getting your employees involved.
Food Transparency No Longer an Option
As consumers demand to know the “who, what, when, where and how” of products they purchase, companies must focus on bringing honesty to the table to build trust.
Prepare Your Food Safety Plan for the Preventive Controls Rule
As FDA prepares to issue its next final FSMA rule, Preventive Controls for Human Food, companies should already be laying the groundwork for training staff.
The Struggles of Managing Supplier Documentation
Providing customers with updated certificates and audit documents, and migrating to digital platforms are steps suppliers can take to conquer document management.
How to Use FMEA to Risk Assess Pathogen Testing Methods
All methods are not equal, and companies must understand the testing methods used on a Certificate of Analysis.
Recent recalls: Glass in Baby Food, Staphylococcal Enterotoxin Contaminated Pork, Salmonella in Whole Foods Macadamia Nuts
The latest recalls are affecting Beech-Nut Nutrition, B & R Meat Processing, and Whole Foods Market.
Poll: Food Manufacturers Challenged with Limited Resources, FSMA, Staff Training, and Information Overload
In the age of increasingly fewer resources and less time, companies are challenged to effectively train staff and meet ever-changing regulatory requirements, while successfully managing their suppliers and customer expectations.
Standards for Animal Food Ingredients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a strategy to establish ingredient definitions and standards for animal food in order to increase transparency and affirm the safety of the animal food supply, as required by the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act (FDAAA) of 2007.
Horsemeat Scandal: Defendants Receive Prison Sentence, Fines
A slaughterhouse owner has been fined around $12,000, and a manager given a four-month suspended sentence, in the first prosecution for criminal charges relating to the 2013 horsemeat scandal.
