Featured FSMA/Safety Content

11. HACCP In The Pet Food Industry — Taking Advantage Of Legislation 11/28/2014

    All around the world, pet food safety has become a major issue, with HACCP recognized as a significant part of the answer. Smart companies determined to gain market advantage are exploiting HACCP experience gained in the equally demanding human foods industry.

12. Food Traceability: Solving The Imperative Of Compliance 4/28/2014

    Consumers’ confidence in the food they consume is eroding. The numbers quickly illustrate why: in the last few years FDA food recalls increased nearly 400%, largely due to salmonella and undeclared allergens1. Ghastly stories such as contaminated foods causing deaths across several states further diminish consumers’ confidence in food—and in the retailers where they purchased the recalled produce.

13. FSMA Fridays: The Food Defense Rule (Part Three Of Three) 3/21/2014

    In FSMA Fridays: The Food Defense Rule, Part Three, the team invites the pod/webcast’s audience to ask questions regarding FSMA’s food defense rule. The Acheson Group’s David Acheson and Melanie Neumann will address questions regarding exemptions that may or may not be granted to dairy farms, retail establishments, and facilities producing alcoholic beverages. Additionally, what defines an exemption, the FDA’s food defense plan building tool, and other questions regarding FSMA’s food defense rule will be explored.

14. Preparing To Meet The Requirements Of The Food Safety Modernization Act 9/24/2013

    The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 places the responsibility for food safety squarely on food producers, with requirements that will come into force as finalized and funded. Food processors and manufacturers should begin now to prepare their operations to meet these requirements, rather than waiting for them to come into full force. This paper recommends actions that food processors can take now to prepare for the full implementation of the law, including reviewing the effectiveness of their existing product inspection systems and their ability to provide the reporting data FSMA requires.

15. Food Safety Modernization Act and e-Pedigree With Intelleflex' Temperature Monitor 11/1/2012

    The Food Safety Modernization Act (signed by President Obama in January 2011), and the e-Pedigree law, set to take effect in January 2015 should drive demand for Intelleflex’ solutions, and asset tracking technologies in general

     

16. Achieving Global Certification In Food Safety & Quality 10/12/2012

    Even more than product and consumer safety, manufacturers’ primary concerns are productivity, performance and profitability – all driven by consumer demand and product appeal. In a competitive world market, producers at every point in the supply chain are watching margins, while seeking new strategies to protect market share. This process is made yet more difficult by the advent of tough new legislation from major markets such as the USA and China, where laws aim to reassure customers of proper product quality.

17. How Food Manufacturers And Retailers Collaborate To Limit Consumer Exposure To Recalls

    When a manufacturer determines it’s necessary to recall a product, the real objective is to make sure consumers don’t eat that suspect product.