When considering a food safety audit, what attributes do companies consider most important? Auditor competence or time taken? Cost or customer service? An industry survey offers some insights.
GM Apples and Potatoes are ‘Safe’: FDA
Arctic Apples have ‘silenced’ genes that prevent them from turning brown when bruised, while genetic modification of Innate potatoes reduces the activity of genes that cause tubers to turn brown.
About 170,000 pounds of Beef Recalled in Chicago
Chicago-based El Cubano Wholesale Meats is recalling 169,620 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 according to the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
Environmental Monitoring Programs and The Cost of Failure
What happens when a food company does not have an effective environmental monitoring program in place? The cost of failure can be significant, warns Prof. Ann Draughon, ranging from placing contaminated food in the markets, to managing product recalls, and businesses getting shut down.
Kraft Recalls Mac & Cheese Due to Possible Metal Pieces
The company is voluntarily recalling approximately 242,000 cases of select code dates and manufacturing codes of the Original flavor of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner – due to the possibility that some boxes may contain small pieces of metal.
CAPA and Root Cause Analysis for the Food Industry
A thorough and effective CAPA can provide many benefits such as providing long-term solutions, preventing recurrences, fostering continuous improvement, improving customer satisfaction, improving profitability, and having the ability to influence FDA and FSMA inspections.
FDA Investigates Listeria monocytogenes in Ice Cream Products from Blue Bell Creameries
According to the CDC and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, five patients who were treated in a single hospital in Kansas were infected with one of four rare strains of Listeria monocytogenes.
USDA Releases Strategies to Reduce E. coli Levels at Beef Slaughterhouses
A special Working Group has determined that a reduction in O157 could be achieved in two ways: one, by the Agency improving how FSIS inspection personnel verify plant performance of sanitary dressing procedures, and two, by improving the information available to industry on how sanitary dressing should be performed.
“Asia Geared to be the Global Leader in Food”
Actions taken by leaders in Asia will determine the course of the food industry worldwide, says industry speaker at GFSI Conference.
Food Quality Alliance Provides a Total Management Solution
The Global ID Group forms a consortium of proven leaders in food safety and quality working together to provide a single source of over 40 essential testing, training and certification services.
