Food Safety And Inspection Articles
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High Pressure Process Validation: Keeping Foods And Beverages Safe
9/12/2017
The success of HPP by many companies demonstrates it as an effective food safety measure that can mitigate risk for a variety of foods. HPP validation and verification are also major requirements of FSMA. According to the law, validation of HPP as a kill-step is required to make sure the HPP treatment is at a level of effectiveness to ensure food safety objectives.
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Would Your Food Safety Plans Survive In Court?
8/22/2017
Believing your food safety processes are of the highest standard isn't enough. Can you be certain every employee made the best food safety decisions every time they faced one? Can you support this with data? If not, ask another question: “Do you want to sit in front of a jury relying on a belief your company produced food at the highest possible standards?”
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Considering In-House Food Pathogen Testing? Answer These 8 Questions
8/10/2017
From time to time, we come across companies planning to incorporate a food microbiology lab for in-house testing. But, sometimes companies don’t understand the complexity associated with starting these labs. This article presents key questions companies should ask to help determine if an in-house food microbiology laboratory is appropriate.
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FSMA Fridays: Top Risks Of Environmental Monitoring And Controls (Part One Of Four)
8/9/2017
SafetyChain Software’s VP of Marketing, Jill Bender is joined by The Acheson Group’s (TAG) founder and CEO Dr. David Acheson to discuss top risks in relation to environmental monitoring, as well as a review of FSMA requirements for it.
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Avoiding Recalls Through Physical Hazard Prevention: Are You Doing Enough?
6/13/2017
Preventing physical hazards in food continues to be challenging, and frequently, the reason for companies and/or regulatory agencies issuing recall notices. A brief review of the recalls viewable online at Recall.gov indicates that the number of recalls for physical hazards per month ranges from zero to eight involving USDA and FDA amenable products. This article will provide steps to help food companies keep physical contaminants out of food, as well detail the latest technologies helping to reduce physical contamination-related recalls.
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7 Steps To Improve Food Industry Training Programs
6/2/2017
Keeping track of all that needs to be done in a food manufacturing facility while working through "challenges and opportunities" is more turbulent than hurricane force winds! Your training programs should be the first thing pulled out of the tool kit when dealing with a change or issue. So how do you create an agile and strategic program?
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Whole Genome Sequencing Will Make Food Safer... Just Not Immediately
5/19/2017
For years, there has been a buzz about how genome sequencing is revolutionizing food safety. It is definitely an incredible tool giving an immediate understanding of the genetic composition of microbial pathogens, including bacteria and viruses. However, there are still gaps needing filled regarding how pathogens produce disease and survive in foods. Genome sequencing brings us more tools to further characterize pathogens, but do not expect any other parts of food safety to be forgotten soon because of WGS.
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9 Ways Technology Aids FSMS Implementation And Continuous Improvement
5/18/2017
There are many aspects of resource allocation to consider when developing a food safety management system (FSMS) for a business and there are efficiencies to be gained in almost every area of an FSMS. Technology and software can provide your team with the tools to monitor production targets and deviations in real-time and more efficiently than visual inspection.
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Trump And Food Safety: How The Industry Is Responding To Executive Orders
4/24/2017
Back in January, Food Online’s editor, Sam Lewis, penned a column covering a few predictions for the food industry in 2017. One of these predictions was the impact President Trump would have on the FDA, FSMA, and other food safety policies and legislation. In this column, I will illustrate the influence the President’s Executive Orders have had on the industry over the last several months, as well as how the industry is responding.
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Recall Communications — How To Interact Effectively With The FDA
4/21/2017
Unfortunately, food recalls aren’t a matter of “if one happens,” they are a matter of “when one happens.” And when one happens to your company, will you be able to quickly and effectively communicate it with the FDA? This article will illustrate the recall process and offer suggestions to help you get through it.