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GFSI Focus Day Provides Information to Get Certified

Written by Allie Gallant on 9/28/15

On October 6, 2015, the 7th Annual Maple Leaf Food Safety Symposium GFSI Focus Day is taking place in Toronto, Canada. What’s it all about, and why will you benefit from attending? To be successful in the food industry, you must achieve minimum food safety and quality standards. And as the industry continues to globalize, […]

Look for Inspection Results or Eat at Your Own Risk

Written by Brita Ball on 7/28/15

Thousands of athletes, coaches, families, friends and fans descended on Toronto, Canada, in July for the 2015 Pan American games. The athletes, coaches and supporting personnel have their accommodations and food arranged for them. The rest have to fend for themselves…and eat at their own risk. More than half the foodborne illness outbreaks in the […]

Ethical Sourcing Standard Responds to Growing Consumer Demand

Written by Allie Gallant on 4/29/15

In March of this year, the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) announced a new Ethical Sourcing Standard that audits businesses and certifies those that source their food ethically and sustainably. The move comes in response to an increase in exploitive practices in the supply chain over many years and Robert Garfield, Senior Vice-President of SQFI, […]

You might have HACCP…but do you have HARPC?

Written by Tina Brillinger on 3/11/15

HACCP alone won’t cover you for key rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act. It’s unsurprising that modern food safety regulations would bear a resemblance to Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP). Even though it first showed up in food manufacturing in the 1960s, HACCP is still our basic food safety model. Hazard Analysis Risk-Based […]

Facility versus Product Food Safety Certification

Written by Allie Gallant on 2/03/15

If You’re Not Facility-Focused, You Miss Out Is your food safety management system facility-focused? If it isn’t, you’re missing a huge opportunity to protect your business and your consumers from risk. If you look at any aspect of life, it’s usually better to prevent risk rather than waiting for calamity to strike and then trying […]

You Have HACCP; You Need Preventative Controls: Can You Get from Here to There?

Written by David Acheson on 3/03/13

As the industry begins digging into the Preventive Controls draft rule, working to discover what it really means to them and what will need to be done for compliance, questions abound. Many of those we are hearing revolve around Preventive Controls vs. HACCP: Are the Preventive Controls really just HACCP in disguise? What are the […]

What are your Health Inspections like?

Written by Tina Brillinger on 7/28/11

By: Wyman Philbrook – Philbrook F & B Consulting and Training It is 11:30 am and you are preparing to open for lunch in your hotel. Then you realized…the Health Inspector is here!! The Health Inspector is here!! The whispers pass through the staff in low panicky exclamations. Individuals start to scurry like mice in […]

Global Standards: What Do They Really Mean?

Written by Tina Brillinger on 2/01/11

How do we define global standards? Do we concern ourselves about food safety in supply chain or just the areas we are involved in? At Modal Solutions, we are dependent on the immense knowledge of those who work in farming, food production, and food process and manufacture whose diligence and dedication is vital to the […]

Food Safety Not Just About Following Standards

Written by Tina Brillinger on 11/12/10

New website a ‘critical resource’ to improve international food standards Toronto, Canada – News reports about food safety issues and large food recalls are becoming a common occurrence and in some instances, consumers are finding themselves the unwitting victims of a devastating food-borne illness. As a result, governments and businesses from around the world are […]

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