Articles Tagged with ''HACCP''

Food Safety

How food processors can build corrective action programs

Processors must have a program to identify deviations and initiate corrective actions or corrections

March 16, 2018

According to FSMA, each processor must have a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI). This person is responsible for developing the food safety program, ensuring the controls are validated, reviewing records and reassessing the plan.

Food Safety

Prerequisite programs ensure food safety

A regulatory shift that happened years ago remains a key part of food safety management today.

Richard F. Stier

January 17, 2018

In 1995, the seafood HACCP regulation was enacted in the US and marked a major milestone in the history of food safety.

FDA’s top 5 most commonly cited food safety violations

FY 2017 top violations are almost the same as those cited in FY 2016 and 2015.

Debra Schug

December 20, 2017

Among the top five violations during 2017 were lack of pest control and sanitation monitoring.

Engineering R&D

Plasma sparks new cold sterilization technique

Plasma is known for being in TVs, cutting devices and futuristic rocket engines, but it also is an effective non-thermal lethality agent.

Wayne Labs

November 27, 2017

While plasma could be useful in a number of food applications, using it to create a non-thermal sterilization system will likely be the most attractive to processors.

Food Safety

How the history of food safety shapes today's rules

From testing to preventative controls, a look back at the ever evolving world of food safety

Richard F. Stier

February 15, 2017

A commitment to food safety certainly is not new.

SafetyChain Software acquires Vigilistics, Inc.

August 5, 2016

The acquisition will enhance SafetyChain’s food safety and quality solutions with increased operational visibility, robust analytics and patented equipment data extraction technology.

Alabama seafood company ordered to stop production

Jeremy Gerrard

July 8, 2016

A federal judge has ordered an Alabama seafood company to stop processing fish after FDA lodged a complaint with the Department of Justice.

Food Safety

Are you ready for the FSMA final rules?

Only one of seven FSMA final rules remains in limbo. Fortunately, FDA has stated it will teach while determining compliance.

Wayne Labs

April 25, 2016

If you feel your company is not completely ready for FSMA, you’re not alone.

Food Safety

TACCP: HACCP for threat assessments

Threat assessment and critical control point applies well-understood HACCP principles to protect food and beverage products from intentional and malicious contamination.

Wayne Labs

March 11, 2016

Nanjing, China, September 18, 2002: “Police have arrested a snack bar owner who confessed to spreading lethal rat poison into the food of his business rival on Saturday morning, killing 38 people and leaving hundreds seriously ill.”—China Daily.

FSIS HACCP validation workshop offered at IPPE

Jeremy Gerrard

November 13, 2015

The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) will host an Achieving FSIS HACCP Validation Workshop at the 2016 IPPE.

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

On Demand Driven by climate goals, business risk, client interest, and resilience considerations, food and beverage companies are increasingly turning their attention to decarbonizing their production processes.