Food Safety And Inspection Articles

61. Mock Recalls: What Are They, Why Are They Important, And How Do I Perform One? (Part Two Of Three) 4/28/2016

    In part one of Mock Recalls: What Are They, Why Are They Important, And How Do I Perform One? Jennifer McEntire, Ph.D., VP of science operations at GMA, presented on mock recalls and best practices for performing them. Here, in part two of the series, McEntire begins answering questions from the web chat’s live audience.

62. Supply Chain Collaboration: A Small Step For Companies, A Giant Step For Food Safety 4/11/2016

    Collaboration between businesses should be the next big leap in a transparent supply chain, allowing a paradigm shift in managing dynamic global supply chains, ensuring industry safety, and further building the trust of the consumers.

63. Food Safety And Legal Liability: From CEOs To The Production Line — Ignorance Of The Law Is No Excuse 3/31/2016

    An often-quoted phrase, dating back to a few known sources including Blackstone, known by lawyers and legal historians, says “often a mistake in point of law which every person of discretion not only may, but is bound and presumed to know, is in criminal cases no sort of defense. Ignorantia juris, quod quisque teneture scire, neminem excusat is as well the maxim of our own law as it was of the Roman.”

64. The Next Frontier: Technology's Role In Food Safety And Compliance 3/23/2016

    Technology should be fully integrated into food facilities to meet consumer, regulator, and employee needs.

65. Do You Have The Necessary Tools To Complete Your SQF Internal Audit? (Part Three Of Three) 3/22/2016

    In the second part of the series, I described how to define food safety objectives and use them to drive analysis of key performance indicators that provide senior management with a report on how operations are achieving the company’s strategic goals. In the third, and final, part of the series, I will discuss the structure of the internal audit, how to audit standard operating procedures, and training methods that can be used to evaluate how these strategic goals can be reached.

66. Ignorance Is No Excuse: Criminal Liability In The Produce Industry 2/24/2016

    We’ve all heard the reports about the salad plant in Springfield, OH that closed as the federal government continues to investigate a listeria outbreak. The phrase “federal investigation” should be enough to send chills down any produce executive’s spine. While no one yet knows what the government’s investigation at the Springfield, OH salad plant will yield, it wouldn’t be the first time a produce executive faces criminal charges — and a possible prison sentence — following a food-borne illness outbreak.

67. Do You Have The Necessary Tools To Complete Your SQF Internal Audit? (Part Two Of Three) 2/18/2016

    In the first part of the series, I described the importance of defining the scope of your internal audit and following a verification schedule for auditing all clauses of the SQF scheme. Here, in part two of the series, I want to discuss the importance of food safety objectives as key performance indicators, as well as the importance of participation from senior management in defining these food safety objectives.

68. No Time To Waste When It Comes To Food Waste 2/8/2016

    Almost one-third of all food produced worldwide is never eaten, leading to 1.3 billion tons of food waste each year. This includes around 45 percent of all fruit and vegetables and 20 percent of meat. Just one quarter of this wasted food could feed the 795 million chronically hungry people around the world.

69. Do You Have The Necessary Tools To Complete Your SQF Internal Audit? (Part One Of Three) 1/27/2016

    A food safety management system (FSMS) is a great tool for any company that wants to evaluate its food safety performance and provide assurance to customers about the safety of the food company’s food. SQF (Safe Quality Food) is an FSMS benchmarked to the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) food safety requirements. SQF integrates food safety and quality components into the standard and shares audit scores with customers directly on the SQFI website. This article aims to provide best practices regarding your SQF Level, the Scope of your product, and your Verification Schedule to successfully audit your SQF system.

70. 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.