GFSI, The Consumer Goods Forum

GFSI Steering Committee Sanctions Equitable Food Initiative (EFI)

By Food Safety Tech Staff

The GFSI Steering Committee has suspended recognition of certification programmes owned by the Equitable Food Initiaive until evidence of re-alignment to GFSI Benchmarking requirements v 2020 is provided by the…

The GFSI Steering Committee has suspended recognition of certification programmes owned by the Equitable Food Initiaive until evidence of re-alignment to GFSI Benchmarking requirements v 2020 is provided by the…

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Gina Kramer
Food Safety Think Tank

An Introduction

By Gina R. Nicholson-Kramer

This new column on Food Safety Tech is a B2B forum for food safety tech, food manufacturing, food distribution, food retailer service/sales, and chemical and tools manufacturing companies in our…

This new column on Food Safety Tech is a B2B forum for food safety tech, food manufacturing, food distribution, food retailer service/sales, and chemical and tools manufacturing companies in our…

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Nicole and Scott, NSF

Leveraging Cloud-Based Technology in Supply Chain Management

By Nicole Keresztes James, Scott Arnald

compliance management digital solutions reduce administrative overhead with proactive supplier management. They direct suppliers to use an online portal to register, upload documents, complete questionnaires and communicate with businesses. By…

compliance management digital solutions reduce administrative overhead with proactive supplier management. They direct suppliers to use an online portal to register, upload documents, complete questionnaires and communicate with businesses. By…

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Checklist

The Importance of Food Safety Auditing

By Jennifer Lott

…as the food safety management system, food storage, food preparation, sanitation, facility design, and employee hygiene. How does the audit help? Well, auditors examine a combination of intended practices and…

…as the food safety management system, food storage, food preparation, sanitation, facility design, and employee hygiene. How does the audit help? Well, auditors examine a combination of intended practices and…

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Cities Using Social Media to Police Restaurants

…accessible place where consumers already are searching for restaurant information makes a lot more sense than “relying on those clunky (health department) dot-gov websites.” This article originally appeared in barfblog.com….

…accessible place where consumers already are searching for restaurant information makes a lot more sense than “relying on those clunky (health department) dot-gov websites.” This article originally appeared in barfblog.com….

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Ask the Experts – Automation Pathogen Detection

Q: How can an automation system help safeguard against false negative pathogen results? Pathogen testing can typically be broken up into three categories: Raw material testing; Finished product testing; and…

Q: How can an automation system help safeguard against false negative pathogen results? Pathogen testing can typically be broken up into three categories: Raw material testing; Finished product testing; and…

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Dan Okenu, Ph.D., Food Safety Manager, H-E-B
Retail Food Safety Forum

Combating Norovirus Hazards in Retail Foodservice

By Dan Okenu, Ph.D.

…retail foodservice environment. Hand wash sinks should be appropriately located to encourage compliance by both foodservice workers and guests. For example; the food code requires handling dry clean dishes with…

…retail foodservice environment. Hand wash sinks should be appropriately located to encourage compliance by both foodservice workers and guests. For example; the food code requires handling dry clean dishes with…

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Jennifer van de Ligt, Food Protection and Defense Institute, University of Minnesota

Q&A: Pandemic Puts Worker Health & Safety, Leadership Skills and Business Adaptability at Forefront

By Maria Fontanazza

forward. Using the meat industry as an example, that economy of scale was also its biggest weakness that had gone unrecognized. Going forward, I think there are many companies that…

forward. Using the meat industry as an example, that economy of scale was also its biggest weakness that had gone unrecognized. Going forward, I think there are many companies that…

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FDA

FDA Proposes FSMA Rule on Food Traceability

By Food Safety Tech Staff

Keeping in line with commitments made under FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety, the FDA has announced a food traceability proposed rule to create more recordkeeping requirements for specific…

Keeping in line with commitments made under FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety, the FDA has announced a food traceability proposed rule to create more recordkeeping requirements for specific…

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