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J. J. Keller Introduces Food Safety Compliance Services for Manufacturers and Importers

July 15, 2024

The requirements include those set by organizations such as the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and even state and local agencies.

Company News

Tillamook Recertifies as a B Corporation

March 13, 2024

The farmer-owned dairy co-op received a score of 94.1, representing a 7.5-point increase from 2020.

Challenge your third-party auditor to ensure compliance.

Challenge your auditor

Treat audits as an opportunity to improve operations

Richard F. Stier

October 8, 2021

Know what to look for in a third-party auditor to ensure food safety and regulatory compliance.

Pet Food

Pet food: Safety and quality count

While pet food production continues to flourish during the pandemic, processors take quality and safety seriously

Sharon Spielman

December 3, 2020

All pet food manufacturers must address the same basic principles of food safety as their human food counterparts.

Food Safety

Do third-party audits need a revision?

Food and beverage companies often view audits as something to pass instead of necessary improvement tools

Richard F. Stier

September 25, 2020

Food and beverage processors should encourage third-party audit firms to be more critical and eliminate checklists.

What processors need to know about environmental monitoring

Richard F. Stier

December 17, 2019

Do we need to establish a program for environmental monitoring for pathogens?

Food Safety

Food defense has become a critical aspect of food safety audits

Richard F. Stier

April 17, 2019

Food defense is now an integral element in almost all third-party audit schemes, in particular ones from the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).

Food Safety

Why companies should do internal audits during off hours

Expanding internal audits to different times of day can help strengthen food safety.

Richard F. Stier

March 22, 2017

Third-party auditors rarely come into food plants during night shift, which really is a mistake.

3-A-certified flexible screw conveyor and hopper

Food Safety

3-A SSI and EHEDG: Yin & yang

For the last 20 years, 3-A SSI and EHEDG have been working together to create a synergistic set of hygienic design, testing and implementation standards for process equipment.

Wayne Labs

October 13, 2015

No one ever said 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. (3-A SSI) and the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG) guidelines were supposed to be compatible or directly interchangeable in an “apples to apples” sense. In fact, they were conceived at different times, in different parts of the world and with different needs in mind.