GFSI Position on Mitigating the Public Health Risk of Food Fraud
New Food Fraud mitigation elements will be added to the next revision of the GFSI Guidance Document.
Food Safety and Sustainability
What is sustainability and how does it relate to food safety? This article, the first in a series on the topic, introduces the concept of sustainability.
While basic principles of human food safety apply to pet foods, there are differences and challenges such as testing for allergens and pathogens – both of which, if present, can be serious for pet owners. Pet food safety expert and auditor at Eurofins Alan Baumfalk talks about what the pet food industry is doing to address these challenges.
The consequences of not taking pest management seriously can be devastating to a food manufacturing company – resulting in fines, production shutdowns and closures. Not to mention a tarnished reputation, shaken confidence and public scrutiny of the brand.
5 Tips for Conducting a Successful Internal Audit
A strong internal audit program will help drive continuous improvement, promote a food safety culture within the organization, and help improve the external audit score.
Regardless of where you are in your Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) journey – at the starting line, just taking your first steps, or at the finish line – do you know WHY you are on the path you’re on? What is all the fuss over GFSI is about?
Global regulations are changing and microbiology labs are faced with considerable challenges including, but not limited to, rapid results, increasing volume of work, cost constraints and increasing customer, media and regulatory scrutiny. How are testing and training evolving to address these demands? Nancy H. Eggink, of 3M Food Safety, provides some answers.
Food safety audits – regulatory, internal and customer-driven – continue to be a huge challenge for food and beverage companies. And, the subjects of being audit ready – and audit readiness technology solutions – have become hot topics in the food safety industry. But what does audit readiness really mean? And how can technology help?
Ask the Compliance Expert: Unannounced Audits
Do you know when your next unannounced audit will be? And can a site refuse entry to an auditor? In this Q&A, Jane Pappin of Cert-ID provides some answers.
What’s Changing with Nutritional Labeling and Serving Sizes?
Bailey Pudenz, Nutritional Coordinator at Eurofins Nutrition Analysis Center, explains what the proposed changes are, and how the labeling would need to change under the new requirements.
