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Blockchain Food Safety Alliance will enhance food safety in China

Alliance will use blockchain technology to track and trace

February 12, 2018

Four founding alliance members are working with supply chain providers and regulators to develop the standards, solutions and partnerships to enable a broadbased food safety ecosystem in China.

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.

Editor's Note

Knowledge is power when assessing vulnerability and threats

Joyce Fassl

February 5, 2016

You may have noticed in the past few issues of Food Engineering, we have been covering some broad aspects of food safety and the resulting implications for the food and beverage manufacturing industry.

Food Defense Strategy Exchange 2015

The sixth annual event brings together regulatory agencies with food and beverage industry leaders to collaborate on food defense ideas.

Debra Schug

May 22, 2015

A few dozen food and beverage industry officials from an array of companies, such as Whole Foods, PepsiCo and ADM, attended the sixth annual Food Defense Strategy Exchange presented by Tyco Integrated Security at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, Ill. on May 19-21.

Egg executives sentenced in adulteration case

Jeremy Gerrard

April 14, 2015

The owner and a top executive of Quality Egg LLC were sentenced Monday in federal district court in Iowa for their roles in a 2010 salmonella outbreak stemming from adulterated eggs that sickened consumers nationwide.

BRC publishes revised global standard for food safety

Jeremy Gerrard

January 7, 2015

The British Retail Consortium has published has published the seventh issue of the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety, recognized internationally as a standard for good manufacturing practices in food, packaging, storage and distribution as well as consumer products.

Elliott review on UK food supply networks published

Jeremy Gerrard

September 5, 2014

Professor Chris Elliott’s final report into the integrity and assurance of UK food supply networks was published Thursday.

Food Safety

Killing two birds with one stone

Richard F. Stier

June 8, 2014

A well-designed and implemented chemical purchasing, handling and storage program bolsters a company’s food safety and food defense programs.

USP letter urges FDA to address economically-motivated adulteration

Jeremy Gerrard

May 9, 2014

The United States Pharmacopeial Convention has sent a public comment letter to the FDA asking the administration to address economically-motivated adulteration emphasizing the risks intentional adulteration of ingredients for economic gain can produce.

Food Safety

Semper paratus! Food defense depends on it

“Always prepared” is good advice for protecting the food supply, and it’s the law.

Wayne Labs

May 6, 2014

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition” is a line made famous by the Monty Python troupe.

Campbell’s Terminates Exec Over Alleged Disparaging Comments

PepsiCo to Close Two Florida Facilities

Alternative Protein in 2025: Key Trends and Technologies

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June 17, 2025

Refrigerated & Frozen Foods’ State of the Cold Chain

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.

July 23, 2025

Decarbonizing Process Heat: What You Should Know and Next Steps

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.

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