Food Industry Insights

91. Preventing Microbiological Contamination with Product Inspection Equipment 10/12/2016

    Every year almost 1 in 10 people worldwide fall ill after consuming contaminated food, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) first global estimates of the burden of foodborne diseases in 2015.

92. Food Nutrition Labels — A Quagmire Of Confusion 7/26/2016

    Food labels are confusing, plain and simple! Everyone knows it, and no one knows exactly how to fix it.

93. FSMA's Final Rule On Food Defense: What You Need To Know 6/16/2016

    The FDA has released a pre-publication version of the last of the major FSMA rules: Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration. The objective of the rule is to thwart an intentional attack on the food supply that results in widespread public health harm, whether conducted by an outsider, or someone within your facility such as a disgruntled employee.

94. FSMA's Final Sanitary Transportation Rule Provides Greater Flexibility 5/23/2016

    With the publication of the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food rule, the food industry now has six of the seven foundational rules that establish a modern, risk-based framework for food safety. When compared with the original proposed rule, this final rule is flexible and takes into account the transportation industry’s existing best practices that prevent food safety risks. Taking into account comments from approximately 240 submissions from individuals, some of the major revisions address efforts to protect food from contamination during transportation.

95. Eliminating Irregular Metal Fragments From Your Food Production Line 5/23/2016

    In recent years a number of food manufacturers have had to recall their products due to metal contamination, garnering strong, global media coverage and damaging their reputations. In this age of automated manufacturing equipment and increased food safety guidelines, how is it possible for a contamination incident to go undetected? Metal contaminants come in all sizes with their irregularly-shaped forms causing the most common product recalls.

96. 4 Surprising Consumer Trends Food Retailers Should Know 4/27/2016

    We can all recall a litany of consumer food trends of years past, from shunning carbohydrates, sodium or fat, to obsessing over the latest “superfood.” But as much as consumer preferences ebb and flow, they’re an important bellwether of buying habits and an opportunity for food retailers to cater to influential markets.

97. A FSMA Rundown: Where The Industry Currently Stands On Preventive Controls Rules 12/28/2015

    The FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act is designed to standardize food safety within the U.S. and countries importing food to the U.S. Now that the Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) rules have been finalized, compliance dates are just a couple of years away, and even some documentation is required in less than one year.

98. Five Steps To Achieve Sustainable Data Quality 8/12/2015

    In the 41 years since the first scan of a barcode at a small grocery store in Ohio, consumer paths to purchase have changed severely. We’ve moved from simply buying what was available at the store in that moment, to today’s constant consultation and validation on product purchases with our smartphones. All of this is possible because of the abundance of product data.

99. 5 Eye-Opening Facts About Recordkeeping Under FSMA 7/15/2015

    Although food companies have lots of experience creating records, these records have never been subject to the type of scrutiny they soon will face by the Food FDA under FSMA. The FDA will not only assess whether companies adopt programs that are adequate, but also will inspect whether these programs are consistently implemented.

100. Meeting FSMA's Demands: How End-Of-Line Inspection Equipment Ensures Compliance 10/21/2014

     The inspection systems your company chooses can not only help your company become, and remain, compliant with regulations, they can also reduce risk and lower total operating costs.