Food Traceability White Papers & Articles

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. How Is FSMA Impacting Food Manufacturing? 6/27/2014

   The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law in 2011 but not yet fully implemented via regulations, represents the most comprehensive change to food safety regulation since the 1930s.

4. 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.

5. 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

    

6. Article: How I Survived A Product Recall! 4/16/2010
   No food service company large or small is immune from the dangers of a product recall. Just ask Al Feucht, owner of Brandon Meats and Sausage, Inc., a meat processor with 25 employees located in Brandon, Wisconsin, 90 miles south of Green Bay. On May 21, 2001, Feucht, who has worked in the retail and wholesale slaughtering meat business for over 20 years, found his life a stress-ridden nightmare after state meat inspectors informed him of a Listeria contamination. Suddenly, the company he had owned since 1985 and which processed more than nine tons of meat each week for local customers, was teetering. By Cole Parmer
7. 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.

8. Vision Inspection: Now Vital For Food Safety

   A vision inspection solution is an essential part of a food processors safety program. It ensures that information on the packaging mirrors the defined content, is readable, and in some cases checks for seal integrity. This white paper explains how a vision inspection systems can help food manufacturers protect their brand and their bottom line.