Growers can Improve Processes and Compliance with CanadaGAP
When the CanadaGAP certification program first became available in 2008, no one realized that program uptake would expand so rapidly: as of last year, there were 3,000 companies enrolled in the program nation-wide, with a 14% increase in participants logged in 2015 alone. Designed as a food safety program for companies that produce, handle and […]
Categories: Industry Standards
Tags: CanadaGAP certification , CanadaGAP program , Food safety program
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Rethinking the Global Approach to Food Fraud: A Comparative Overview
By Cesare Varallo I had the chance to lead a panel on food fraud this summer at Alberto Alemanno’s Summer Academy in Global Food Law & Policy and I and my panel co-chair, Francesco Montanari, found the experience very insightful. The Summer Academy is an established one-week summer program that brings together practitioners, policymakers, industry […]
Categories: Food Safety Standards, Food Safety Trends, Regulatory Compliance
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ROI: is Food Safety Certification Worth the Investment?
By Joan Martin ROI = Gains – Costs/ Costs, expressed as percent. Does this simple formula make sense in the world of food safety? Some would say that food safety cannot be measured in the same way we look at profitability in a business and that it should not be part of the equation. Food […]
Categories: Food Safety, Food Safety Certification
Tags: Food safety certification , food safety certification benefits , food safety certification roi , return on investment
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Common Non-conformities to a GFSI Scheme: What To Watch For
By Mark Mendonca In an industry where there is an abundance of auditable schemes, standards, regulations, and requirements, it is little wonder that even the most seasoned professional can become confused by the requirements in a particular scheme. And if you were to talk about Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) schemes to anyone in the […]
Categories: A Global View, Food Safety
Tags: food safety audit , Global Food Safety Initiative
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership Promotes Global Food Safety
By Susan L. (Susie) Hoeller The Trans-Pacific Partnership (the “TPP”) is a trade agreement among 12 Pacific Rim countries. It is the biggest trade deal in history. The treaty was signed by the participating countries’ foreign ministers on February 4, 2016, in Auckland, New Zealand in recognition of the fact that former New Zealand Prime […]
Categories: Food Safety, Food Safety Standards, Food Safety Trends, Regulatory Compliance
Tags: TPP agreement , TPP countries , Trans-Pacific Partnership
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The Dirty Thirties’ Second Coming?
By: Sylvain Charlebois Most experts believe major fires at Fort Mc Murray suggest we should become accustomed to major disasters that may be linked to the long-term effects of climate change. Climate change is affecting anything and everything, but stakes are different in the Prairies. In fact, according to a recent study from Manitoba, the […]
Categories: Food Safety Challenges, Risk Management
Tags: climate change , national food strategy , Sylvain Charlebois
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Food Safety Through the Eyes of the Consumer: What Does That Mean for You?
What does “Food Safety Through the Eyes of the Consumer” Mean for You? That was the question food processor William Thomas posed at the 12th Annual North American Summit on Food Safety in Toronto recently. Thomas is CEO of Thomas Canning (Maidstone) Ltd., a tomato processing company located in Ontario, Canada. His company is the […]
Categories: Food Safety
Tags: Food Safety , Food Supply System , Foodborne diseases , World Health Organization
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Mobile Forensic Testing Labs: Meeting the Need for Faster Response
Time is of the essence when a food-related incident is brewing and our standard mechanisms for response are not doing us any favours. Sudden and widespread outbreaks of food-borne pathogens are often characterized by delays in collecting good samples, shipping these perishable samples, extracting and testing them, and then reporting back with the results. In […]
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3 Ways Businesses Can Improve their HACCP Coordination Processes
Ensuring food safety at all stages is a critical part of operations for a food business so it’s important to have a robust food safety program in place. This has a strong bearing on ensuring that the enterprise operates in accordance with the existing laws and best practices and although there are numerous ways to […]
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The Inspectors Are Coming! Are You Ready?
Is there a frenzy in your production plant the day before the audit? Are you putting in un-paid overtime hours to get things ready for the audit, hoping everything is perfect so you will not lose points? After all that preparation, do you still feel like the auditor is on a witch-hunt? If you answer […]
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