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Food safety management systems

The right tools enable long-term success

June 9, 2014

HACCP can’t do it all. A food safety management system uses several tools to promote food safety and prevent recalls. After a recall, it may be too late to save your business.

FSA steps up testing after more horsemeat found

FSA launches HACCP web tool

Jeremy Gerrard

May 30, 2014

Intended to help support small food manufacturing businesses, the Food Standards Agency released MyHACCP, a free web tool to help businesses in the United Kingdom develop their Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) food safety management system.

ISO seeks comments for revision of ISO 22000 on food safety management

Jeremy Gerrard

May 6, 2014

The International Organization for Standardization is seeking feedback from active members of the food industry on its current ISO 22000 standard

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Is preparing for third-party audits an oxymoron?

Richard F. Stier

April 8, 2014

It can be dangerous for a company to prepare for an audit— if it decides to rework its procedures.

Irish authority calls increase in food safety Enforcement Orders "disappointing"

A total of 143 Enforcement Orders were ordered in 2013.

January 10, 2014

A total of 143 Enforcement Orders were ordered in 2013.

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Communication is the basis of a food safety management system

Processors should establish a culture that encourages interaction and information flow not only from top management to the workforce, but from the workforce upward.

Richard F. Stier

January 10, 2014

Turnover is often minimal when workforces are encouraged to participate and rewarded if their performance or ideas are adopted.

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Using color to ensure food safety

Colors can help minimize cross-contamination or adulteration and ensure procedures are followed.

Richard F. Stier

October 11, 2013

One company has developed a series of allergen tags that can be used not only for products in the warehouse, but also work-in-process and process records.

GFSI expands scope of guidance to include storage and distribution requirements

Food safety management schemes that cover the storage and distribution scope can now come forward to GFSI for recognition through its benchmarking process.

Shane O'Halloran

October 8, 2013

Food safety management schemes that cover the storage and distribution scope can now come forward to GFSI for recognition through its benchmarking process.