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Best Practices for Leveraging a Gap Analysis to Streamline Your Compliance Process

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 5/15/17

By Neal White As we all know, any facility that manufactures, processes, packs, or holds food for sale in the United States must comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules. But it’s tough to meet FSMA’s minimum requirements and many manufacturers and processors are not yet prepared to comply.

Comparing Food Recall Procedures between Europe and the USA

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 11/10/16

By Cesare Varallo Regulation is an important issue for anyone who takes food from farm to fork, no matter what side of the Atlantic Ocean they’re on. But there are some dramatic differences in how the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) handle food recalls, especially when it comes to communicating the impact […]

Rethinking the Global Approach to Food Fraud: A Comparative Overview

Written by Global Food Safety Resource on 8/03/16

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 […]

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Promotes Global Food Safety

Written by Susie Hoeller on 6/03/16

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 […]

3 Ways Businesses Can Improve their HACCP Coordination Processes

Written by Mark Mendonca on 3/31/16

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 […]

The Inspectors Are Coming! Are You Ready?

Written by Joan Martino on 2/26/16

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 […]

GMO Labeling Law Might Signal More Legislation to Come

Written by Allie Gallant on 8/04/14

A new law passed in Vermont, the most stringent of its kind in the U.S., might be a sign that food labels for Genetically Modified Organism (GMOs) are picking up steam. Food Labels are a Consumer’s First Line of Defense Food labeling laws have been under scrutiny in recent years. Regulators, industry and the public […]

Common Approaches to Food Safety in US and Canada – Part 2

Written by Sara Zborovski on 10/24/13

As set out in the first of this two-part series on the Food Safety Modernization Act and the Safe Food for Canadians Act, similar themes run through both Acts. In this second part of the series, I will continue to outline the common aspects of the two food safety systems. Import Both Acts specifically focus […]

Common Approaches to Food Safety in US and Canada – Part 1

Written by Sara Zborovski on 10/24/13

As set out in the first of this two-part series on the Food Safety Modernization Act and the Safe Food for Canadians Act, similar themes run through both Acts. In this first part of the series, I will outline the common aspects of the two food safety systems. Prevention Both Acts focus heavily on preventing […]

Is Health Canada Shooting Down My Red Bull® Wings?

Written by Cristelle Gedeon on 8/23/13

That 3 o’clock caffeine boost has just gotten a little weaker. Health Canada has recently capped the caffeine content in drinks sold in Canada, forcing more than 28 products currently on the market to reformulate. These products, known as “energy drinks”, contain caffeine at levels ranging from those found in a weak cup of coffee […]

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