Food Online's Top 10 Of April

By Sam Lewis

What was most important to our readers in April? Take a look back at last month by reviewing the 10 most-popular articles that appeared on Food Online.

1. Five Up-And-Coming Food Packaging Innovations
   With evolving technology and pressure to meet consumer needs, packaging designers are rolling out innovations and creating new solutions to accommodate a wide variety of demands from food makers as well as consumers.

2. How To Prepare For FSMA Allergen Legislation
   With undeclared food becoming more-strictly regulated, food companies will need to figure out methods to control both internally and from suppliers.

3. How Significant Is Food Traceability To Public Safety?
   In the food industry, is major concern as the of the food supply chain is directly linked to public safety. Despite its appearance as a topical issue or “buzz word,” food traceability has become a vital process to ensure the safety of consumers.

4. The Food Industry’s Most-Common Foreign-Body Contaminant And How To Prevent It
   Despite numerous types of inspection systems and advances in detection technology, metal is still the -common risk for contamination in the .

5. Explaining Differences Between HACCP And HARPC
   There is some confusion over Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points and the more-recent food-safety plan, Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls. Here are the key .

6. FSMA Fridays: Risk Assessment Best Practices And Implementing Preventive Controls (Part One Of Four)
   Safety Chain’s Barbara Levin discusses with the Acheson Group’s Dr. David Acheson and Anne Sherod best practices for risk assessment and how to put in place preventive controls to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act.

7. Three Actions For Implementing A Food-Safety Plan
   A recent Food Marketing Institute meeting showcased three basic steps to implement safety recommendations for the produce industry. Though FMI intended the instructions to be for produce handlers in the retail market, they make an excellent starting point for other participants across the food supply chain.

8. Bumble Bee Takes On Consumers’ Demand For Supply Chain Visibility
   Today’s consumers have growing concerns regarding how their food got from harvest to their table. This places demand on suppliers to be able to share information about that food, directly with the consumer. Foods is one food maker prepared to meet the needs of its consumers.

9. Complying With HARPC: A Must For The Frozen-Foods Sector
   The Food Safety Modernization Act is requiring a major overhaul in most sectors of the food industry. As the focus shifts from reaction to prevention regarding food-safety events, one area that is facing significant changes is the sector.

10. Man Vs. Machine: How Robotics Is Tackling Some Of The Food Industry’s Biggest Headaches
    The falling costs and growing sophistication of robots have renewed debates among economists and food-industry experts over what the processing and packaging landscape will look like in the next decade. The pace and scale of robotic encroachment into human skills is a relatively new development in the food industry. The food industry is just beginning to gain key insights into how effectively robotics solve pain points at each stage of production — from processing to palletizing.