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 […]
Categories: Advancements in Technology, Building a Food Safety Culture, Food Safety, Food Safety Trends, Regulatory Compliance, Training and Auditing, Training and Courses, Trends in the Industry
Tags: Food Safety , food safety culture , Food Safety Training , food safety training programs , food safety training providers
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Ensuring Food Safety in Your Organic Products
By Tim Livingstone Concerns over the health implications of pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, the pharmaceuticals given animals raised for their meat, and the environmental damage attributable to the chemicalization of farming, have helped make organic food increasingly popular over the past decade or so. There is also a growing concern over the factory-like conditions in which […]
Categories: A Global View, Canadian Standards, Food Safety Certification, Food Safety Trends, Regulatory Compliance
Tags: food safety in organic products , organic farmers , organic farms
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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 […]
Categories: Food Safety, Risk Management, Supply Chain Management
Tags: Food Safety , impacts of climate change on food safety , risk management plans
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Early BPA Study Results Say It’s Safe, But Does It Matter?
By Suzanne Osborne Just about everyone in North America has Bisphenol A (BPA) in their body right now. Should manufacturers be concerned about consumer backlash to the packaging practices that may have contributed to the issue? BPA is used to manufacture plastic food containers (baby bottles, tableware, reusable beverage bottles). Small amounts of BPA can […]
Categories: Food Safety
Tags: bpa exposure , bpa toxicity , levels of bpa , the clarity-bpa project
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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 […]
Categories: Food Safety
Tags: Food Safety , food safety in Canada
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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 […]
Categories: Food Fraud
Tags: food fraud , Food Safety , food safety professionals
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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 […]
Categories: Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Training and Auditing
Tags: Food Safety , food safety audit
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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, […]
Categories: Food Safety, Food Safety Challenges, Food Safety Trends
Tags: food industry , Food producers challenges , Food Safety , increased demands and regulations
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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 […]
Categories: Risk Management
Tags: cfia , Food Safety , Food Safety Systems Recognition Arrangement , FSMA
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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, […]
Categories: Building a Food Safety Culture, Food Safety Culture, Training and Auditing, Training and Courses
Tags: Food Safety , graduate programs in food
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