ISO, the International Standards Organization, has updated its ISO 14001 environmental management systems (EMS) guidelines to reflect the increased prominence of environmental management within strategic planning processes.
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has posted revisions to 33 fresh fruit and vegetable grade standards, ten fresh fruit and vegetable for processing grade standards, and three nut and specialty crops grade standards.
A new GS1 US Advisory Services program will provide GS1 US members with customized technical and business expertise to address their unique GS1 Standards implementation challenges, according to the organization.
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.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has adopted grading and labeling standards for California olive oil producers to ensure each product is the real deal.
A new poll of parents with school-aged children finds parents support national nutrition standards by a 3-1o-1 margin, according to the research conducted by The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and the American Heart Association (AHA).
A new comprehensive food policy from Panera Bread intends to remove all artificial additives from bakery-café food menu by the end of 2016 in a move the company says is a roadmap for continuous improvement and accountability.
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.
BRC began to develop the standard following the horsemeat scandal in the UK, when it identified the weak link in the supply chain as the lack of traceability back to source for food products.