Food Safety

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.

Food Safety

Battling pathogens in produce

Produce is increasingly becoming associated with foodborne illnesses due to a growing number of reported outbreaks.

Debra Schug

March 4, 2016

Food writer Michael Pollan’s famous mantra, “Eat food, not much, mostly plants,” seems to have made an impact on consumers who are demanding fresh produce.

Maine seafood processor shut down for food safety violations

Jeremy Gerrard

February 17, 2016

A federal judge ordered a Maine seafood processor to stop all production after FDA investigators found repeated food safety violations.

Food Safety

VACCP: HACCP for vulnerability assessments

Vulnerability Assessment and Critical Control Point applies well-understood HACCP principles to protect food and beverage products from fraud and adulteration.

Wayne Labs

February 17, 2016

Endorsed by GFSI, VACCP (Vulnerability Assessment and Critical Control Point) is based on HACCP.

Don’t fumble good food safety principles this Super Bowl

Jeremy Gerrard

February 5, 2016

Let’s face it, Americans love the Super Bowl. And it’s not just the game which draws a crowd, no, it’s often the food (and partly the commercials) that steals the show.

TECH FLASH

US, Canadian officials investigate deadly Listeria outbreak

Officials are focusing their investigation on packaged salad products produced at a Dole plant in Ohio.

January 25, 2016

The illnesses were first reported in July 2015 and have continued through January.

TECH FLASH

Food scare?

Recalls don’t have mean the end of the world for a brand, if manufacturers use the media to win back trust.

Jeremy Gerrard

January 25, 2016

More than half of consumers say they are interested in hearing the producer’s side of the story.

Food Safety

Preventing food fraud

The economically motivated adulteration of food is an elusive, criminal act with the potential to cause public health issues, brand damage and monetary losses.

Debra Schug

January 25, 2016

Since the 2008 recession, companies and global organizations have reported an uptick in food fraud, spurring initiatives to address the growing concern about it.

Food Safety