The Culture of Food Safety: Transforming from “Have to” to “Want to”
The Culture of Food Safety is not so different than that of Continuous Improvement. In continuous improvement programs, successful organizations look not only at the processes and technologies that drive their organization, but at how the processes and technologies are used, implemented, and sustained by their employees. You’ve heard so many talks about employee engagement […]
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An Apple a Day: new healthy eating guidelines from the USDA…and Harvard’s response"
By: Allie Gallant, New Media Editor The idea behind the food guide is simple; to provide a guideline to inform national policy and budgetary considerations related to nutrition, and help consumers make healthy choices. It is not simple, however, to boil complex science down to a simple graphical representation, one that will be widely understood […]
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What are your Health Inspections like?
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 […]
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Incenting Safety
A blog for GFSR by Steve Simske (HP Fellow & Director/CT Security Printing & Imaging, HP Labs) The critical need for greater transparency and expediency in food safety was evidenced for me last week on out and back flights between Denver and Frankfurt. Lufthansa handed each passenger a two-page warning and questionnaire about the E. […]
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Food Safety Lessons from Europe: This Could Happen in the U.S.
By David Acheson, Leavitt Partners The on-going devastation in Europe linked to E. coli O104 serves as a strong reminder to those of us in the United States that we are always one step away from a major food safety crisis. The most recent numbers would indicate over 1,500 individuals have been diagnosed with infection and over […]
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Risk-based Targeting of Food Safety Resources
By David Acheson, Leavitt Partners Undertaking a greater number of inspections is a significant part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which requires FDA to meet an inspection frequency mandate targeting resources to high-risk facilities. As food companies begin to ask themselves “Will I be inspected more frequently?” part of that answer may gain clarity as […]
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‘It’s about making it your culture not just training’
By: Stuart Baker – Food Hygiene Asia www.foodhygieneasia.com www.facebook.com/foodhygieneasia You are taught from a young age to use soap and warm water to wash your hands, to follow use by or best before dates, to wrap items that you’ve opened before placing in the fridge and to cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. […]
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Food Companies Get Back on ERP Maintenance
Food companies need to get back on ERP maintenance: Too often food manufacturers cannot keep pace with changes in technology on old software The custom work performed internal often becomes harder to support – the original developers/partners are gone or are retiring Food business requirements have changed but fixes cannot be implemented because of one […]
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Will 2011 be the year that defines Global Standards for Product Recall?
Product Recall has become increasingly important for the global business community. There is a critical need for both improved collaboration and a standardized methodology across industry to address the growing incidence and impact of product recalls. High-profile recalls of meats, tomatoes, peanuts, pet food and children’s toys point to the challenges associated with the lack […]
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Food Safety and Modernization Act
U.S. President Obama and the House of Representatives recently passed bill H.R.2751, The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2010, into law; which has been touted as the biggest change to the food industry since the Great Depression. This controversial new law gives federal regulators the power to recall unsafe products and requires food manufacturers to […]
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