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Home Food Delivery a Ticking Time Bomb that Needs Regulation

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 4/10/18

By Jaan Koel According to global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, home food delivery is a $100 billion-plus market, and covers about 1% of the global food business. Many companies, such as Uber, Postmates, Grubhub and others, are speeding into it, and the leader, UberEats, is now available in 120 countries. The number of […]

The Latent Loophole: Is it Time to Regulate Sugar and Salt Additives?

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 1/04/18

By Dr. Suzanne Osborne It’s not uncommon in North America for a toddler to take in 20 pounds of sugar a year from their yoghurt consumption alone. That’s the weight of a small dog. Sure enough, sugar is added to this healthy food product. In fact, finding packaged food without added sugar and salt is […]

Can Agile Systems Enhance Production and Compliance?

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 1/03/18

By Joan Martino Agility is the ability to move quickly and easily. For food producers, this means optimizing production, increasing product variety, and keeping costs low. The “Agile” concept originated in 2001 when 17 brilliant minds were seeking more effective ways to develop software and manage data. They proclaimed this Manifesto for Agile Software Development: […]

Improving Food Safety on Farms with Big Data

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 9/12/17

By Steven Burton Farmers have always relied on data to predict weather and other factors that can affect crop health and yield. With the rise of Big Data and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, new systems are becoming available to allow farmers to collect more information on larger scales than was ever possible before. Big […]

Does Your Food Safety Software Offer Solutions?

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 3/06/17

By Steven Burton It wasn’t so long ago that the “technology” standard for the industry amounted to nothing more than a shelf of paper binders. Today, the range and quality of technology solutions is wide enough that most people don’t know what to look for, or what makes one solution stand out in comparison to […]

Food Safety Through the Eyes of the Consumer: What Does That Mean for You?

Written by Susan Crossman on 4/29/16

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 […]