Featured FSMA/Safety Content

  1. New Nutrition Labels: Challenges, Uncertainties, And Opportunities 2/7/2017

    Many stakeholders - raw ingredient suppliers, nutrition labeling software vendors, graphics design and packaging companies, food manufacturers, and private label brand owners - are involved in implementing the new nutrition label requirements. For a successful implementation, it is imperative these stakeholders develop a comprehensive knowledge of the new requirements.

  2. FSMA Fridays: Debunking FSMA's Myths And Gaps (Part One Of Four) 2/3/2017

    SafetyChain Software’s VP of Marketing, Jill Bender is joined by The Acheson Group’s (TAG) VP of Scientific Affairs, Dr. Peyman Fatemi, and TAG’s Senior Food Safety Manger, Christopher Snabes, to discuss and clarify common myths, misconceptions, and gaps regarding FSMA.

  3. Time To Update Your Listeria Playbook: The FDA's Draft Guidance Is Making Waves 1/31/2017

    The FDA recently released draft guidance (the “Guidance”) on controlling Listeria monocytogenes (LM) and ready-to-eat foods (RTE) in conjunction with the final rule, Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF rule). Any FDA-regulated facility that manufacturers, processes, packs, or holds RTE foods needs to take the time to read this new draft Guidance. Why?  For three reasons. First, as we all know, draft guidance can often take years before it turns to final guidance, and in the interim, FDA inspectors still rely on it as gospel. Second, whether it’s considered draft or final by the FDA, we all know the reality is guidance is often treated like directive, which in turn is often treated just like regulation. If we don’t follow it, we have a lot of explaining to do. Third, there are a few waves contained in this guidance that we, as an industry, all need to be aware of now!

  4. FSMA Fridays — What's Ahead In 2017? (Part Four Of Four) 1/27/2017

    In part three of FSMA Fridays — What's Ahead In 2017? SafetyChain Software’s VP of Marketing, Jill Bender was joined by The Acheson Group’s (TAG) President and CEO Dr. David Acheson to discuss what 2017 will bring the F&B industry regarding FSMA, as well as to answer questions from the webcast’s live audience. Here, in the fourth, and final, installment of the series, the duo will continue answering the live audience’s questions.

  5. FSMA Fridays — What's Ahead In 2017? (Part Three Of Four) 1/20/2017

    In part two of FSMA Fridays — What's Ahead In 2017? SafetyChain Software’s VP of Marketing, Jill Bender is joined by The Acheson Group’s (TAG) President and CEO Dr. David Acheson to discuss what 2017 will bring the F&B industry in regards to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Here, in part three, the duo continues their conversation and begins handling questions from webcast’s live audience.

  6. FSMA Fridays — What's Ahead In 2017? (Part Two Of Four) 1/13/2017

    In part one of FSMA Fridays — What's Ahead In 2017? SafetyChain Software’s VP of Marketing, Jill Bender is joined by The Acheson Group’s (TAG) President and CEO Dr. David Acheson to share insight on what 2017 will bring the F&B industry in regards to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Here, in part two, the duo continues their conversation.

  7. FSMA Fridays — What's Ahead In 2017? (Part One Of Four) 1/6/2017

    SafetyChain Software’s VP of Marketing, Jill Bender is joined by The Acheson Group’s (TAG) President and CEO Dr. David Acheson to share insight on what 2017 will bring the F&B industry in regards to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

  8. 5 Questions To Ask For Effective Food Safety Training 12/21/2016

    All departments of any company — accounting, production, quality assurance, upper management, etc. —need training. But, how important is training in the role of food safety? In a word: vital.

  9. FSMA Fridays: Environmental Controls (Part Three Of Three) 12/16/2016

    In part two of FSMA Fridays: Environmental Controls, SafetyChain’s Jill Bender and The Acheson Group’s Dr. Peyman Fatemi and Gurjit Shergill discussed environmental controls under FSMA. Here, in the third, and final portion of the series, the trio continues their conversation.

  10. FSMA Fridays: Environmental Controls (Part Two Of Three) 12/9/2016

    In part one of FSMA Fridays: Environmental Controls, SafetyChain’s Jill Bender and The Acheson Group’s Dr. Peyman Fatemi discussed the latest developments with the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization. Act. Here, in part two, Gurjit Shergill joins Bender and Dr. Fatemi to discuss environmental controls under FSMA.