HACCP

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How food and beverage processors can build a glass and brittle plastic program

January 28, 2021

There are many different foreign materials that could and actually have ended up in foods. The most insidious of these and the one most feared is glass.

Choosing the right cleaning tools

Identify needs to ensure right cleaning and sanitizing equipment, materials choice

Richard F. Stier

December 21, 2020

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Cleaning and sanitation are far more than just chemicals used for cleaning.

Food Safety

Do third-party audits need a revision?

Food and beverage companies often view audits as something to pass instead of necessary improvement tools

Richard F. Stier

September 25, 2020

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Food and beverage processors should encourage third-party audit firms to be more critical and eliminate checklists.

Food Safety

How processors are adapting to FSMA in its early years

What food and beverage manufacturers need to know to stay in compliance

Sharon Spielman

August 31, 2020

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Food manufacturing businesses must comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)—the biggest food safety reform in seven decades, which affects the way our foods are grown, harvested and processed.

Food quality plans help meet demand, maintain quality certifications

Sharon Spielman

July 15, 2020

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Consumers expect their food to be safe, and there are methodologies to ensure that it is. Quality is a bit of a different story, but it's just as important when it comes to consumer expectations.

Food Safety

The evolution of food safety management systems—from early 1900s to audits today

Richard F. Stier

January 24, 2020

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In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed legislation that created the agency with legal authority to seize goods in interstate commerce that were adulterated, contained additives injurious to health, or contained filthy, decomposed or putrid substances.

Food Safety

FDA advises tossing some tuna that supplier hasn’t recalled

Agency investigates about 4 dozen illnesses from scombrotoxin poisoning

Rose Shilling

November 18, 2019

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Public health authorities are investigating 47 illnesses from scombrotoxin fish poisoning linked to yellowfin tuna that may have been sold fresh or frozen.

Food Safety

Assessing risk in your operation’s food safety plan

By law, your assessment must evaluate two elements: likelihood and severity of occurrence

Richard F. Stier

November 18, 2019

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After the Food Safety Modernization Act was passed, there was a great deal of angst and fear in the food industry about the impending implementation of hazard analysis, risk-based preventive controls.

Food Safety

Cleaning, sanitizing programs are part of the food safety equation

Richard F. Stier

March 18, 2019

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A cleaning and sanitizing process has always been a key element for ensuring food safety and quality, but its importance has escalated over the years.