Food Safety Featured Articles
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Are The Right People On Your HACCP Or HARPC Team?
3/13/2015
FSMA demands every food manufacturer or processor have a food safety plan in place. The effectiveness of your HACCP or HARPC plan has everything to do with the personnel designated to draft and implement it.
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Raising The Bar To Prevent Undeclared Food Allergens
3/13/2015
Undeclared allergens were responsible for nearly half of all food recalls last year. This number represents a dramatic rise from 2009 when allergens were responsible for just over a third of food recalls.
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RPA Publishes New Food-Safety Guidelines For Reusable Plastic Containers
3/12/2015
In response to denouncers, the Reusable Packaging Association has released science-based procedures for using plastic containers to transport fresh produce.
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Third-Party Certification And Accreditation: What You Need To Know
3/12/2015
Food safety accreditation and certification are significant factors in establishing the quality and safety of products, improving brand image, and gaining consumer loyalty. However, with a complicated regulatory landscape, the accreditation and certification processes can be challenging.
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How Good Hand-Washing Practices Can Positively Impact Your Food-Making Business
3/11/2015
Aside from the obvious — preventing the spread of foodborne illnesses — tightening up on hand-washing requirements can improve production and reduce costs.
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The FDA’s iRISK 2.0 Is Helping Make Food-Safety Compliance Easier
3/10/2015
A free tool provided by the FDA, the recently-upgraded iRISK 2.0 is helping users to perform measurable risk assessments of processes and procedures. It is designed to simplify and clarify the process of drafting of food-safety and food-defense plans.
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Is Clean Firefighting Equipment Part Of Your Food-Safety Plan?
3/10/2015
Firefighting equipment is critical to your food facility’s safety and its cleanliness ensures not only proper functionality, but also ensures not being a catalyst of contamination.
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What Does The Spike In FSIS FTP Violations Mean?
3/9/2015
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued six recall notices in January due to failure to present regarding 220,000 pounds of imported meat and poultry products. That number represents a significant increase in failure to present violations and likely also indicates the Food Safety and Inspection Service has stepped up enforcement of import documentation.
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The Food Safety Paradox
3/5/2015
New regulations, requirements, and standards have contributed to an increase in the number of food product recalls. On the surface, it appears that the food supply is rife with contamination; a single incident can become instant fodder for endless news reports. While major food-safety events, such as a recent Listeria outbreak from caramel apples that has now affected 11 states, are certainly a cause for concern, overall the food supply is, in fact, actually becoming more and more safe.
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IFSAC’s New Method To Evaluate Foodborne Illness Sources
3/4/2015
Knowing which foodborne illnesses are most likely to occur, and in which foods, is essential in preventing future outbreaks of contamination. Three federal agencies have partnered up to develop a new method to estimate common foodborne illness sources including Campylobacter, E. coli O157, Listeria, and Salmonella.