Tag archive for ‘Food Safety’
Enhanced Food Safety Training Key to Compliance
By Tina Brillinger With new food safety regulations rolling out in Canada on the heels of the new American legislation it’s important that businesses know what’s changed, and what employees need to be doing differently, in order to meet compliance. So, it’s no surprise that one of the biggest trends in the industry is ensuring that proper food […]
Climate Change Plans will Prevent Food Safety Issues
By Suzanne Osborne The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has, for years, warned that climate change is going to have dramatic effects on food businesses going forward. A record drought in Texas in 2011 cost the agricultural sector $7.6 billion and similar drought conditions have more recently led to the complete […]
New Safety Requirements on the Way for Canadian Food Importers
By Tammy Switucha Canada is recognized as having one of the strongest food safety systems in the world. But the speed, volume and complexity of food production have produced new risks and challenges. Significant changes in production and distribution environments have resulted in elaborate and extensive global supply chains that support increased consumer demand for […]
Collaboration Key to Tackling Global Food Fraud
By Mitchell Weinberg After years of effort, the sad truth is that attempts to address food fraud have been largely, if not entirely, unsuccessful. When food fraud became an issue again after the melamine-in-milk scandal in China, and the horsemeat-in-lasagna atrocity in Europe, the food industry assigned responsibility for food fraud to food safety professionals […]
Avoid Losing Food Safety Audit Points with This Simple Strategy
By Joan Martino Ever wonder where you lost all those points on a third-party food safety audit or assessment? An auditor may probe different aspects of your operations with various questions. They are trying to make a connection between your practices and the requirements in the Standard for which they are auditing. If your first […]
Rising Food Safety Demands: Tips to Build Efficiency Into Your Operation
By Joan Martino The landscape for food producers is continuously more challenging with increased demands from every direction: new regulations, greater enforcement from government and third-party auditors, the cost of obtaining recognized certifications, licensing, and more. And how do these demands for more enhanced food safety translate into the day-to-day business? Increased costs and lower margins. Why, […]
The Changing Regulatory Landscape for Canadian Growers: Are you Ready?
By Jeff Hall On May 4, 2016, the Food Safety Systems Recognition Arrangement between Canada and the United States came into force. It created the legislative device permitting businesses subjected to the Safe Food for Canadians legislation (SFC) or the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to comply exclusively with the food safety laws of […]
Graduate Programs in Food Safety: Four Factors to Consider Before You Enroll
By Dr. Darin Detwiler The education of food safety professionals is an issue that is of increasing importance and graduate programs in food regulatory compliance are in high demand. This stands to reason: current estimates place employment in the food industry related to regulatory compliance (safety, fraud, and security jobs) at more than 20 million, […]
Capacity Building and Legislation Are Key to Food Safety in Emerging Nations
By Lauren Solar The Foreign Supplier Verification Rule that the US Food and Drug Administration has introduced recently as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) now puts the onus for ensuring food safety in emerging nations into the hands of first-world food retailers and manufacturers who wish to import into the United States. […]
Temperature Control and Big Data: How Information Becomes Knowledge
By John Sammon III The information age has brought on many changes and opportunities for the food industry. The ability to not just receive and react to information in real time, is of course, the initial benefit. And yet now the historical data can be just as beneficial. In the area of temperature control, communications […]