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Field Reports

Frozen food processor tightens security for protection, COVID compliance

Access control helps ensure only authorized employees enter and exit

October 19, 2020

Frozen food processors are looking to increase security and limit the number of people who can enter plants to protect the food and help manage COVID-19.

How companies are coping with intentional adulteration rule enforcement

Rose Shilling

January 6, 2020

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A big part of implementing a food defense plan is deciding between expensive technology and cheaper, low-tech strategies to protect your product from intentional adulteration.

Manufacturing News

FDA offers help with food defense plans

Wayne Labs

December 13, 2019

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For processors that have either put off or need help with building an organized food defense plan, look no further than the FDA’s website.

New Plant Products

Food Defense Plan Builder 2.0

November 19, 2019

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An updated version of the Food Defense Plan Builder (FDPB) is designed to help companies meet the requirements of the Intentional Adulteration rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Cybersecurity

How PepsiCo upgraded its access control software

FSMA requires food processors control access to those who come into contact with food, so PepsiCo took immediate action to locate a reliable access control provider

Wayne Labs

October 3, 2019

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PepsiCo faced a dilemma about three years ago when its access control software provider announced “end of life” for its legacy security software, potentially leaving more than 300 PepsiCo locations in the lurch for an access control system. What to do?

Food Safety

Is your facility food safe and defensible?

With FSMA a done deal for food & beverage processors, compliance is more important than ever

Wayne Labs

May 22, 2019

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Unless your facility is a USDA shop, then it most likely falls under FSMA regulations, which for the vast majority of processors is the law of the land. If you haven’t yet been visited by FDA for an audit, it is past time to get ready for that inevitable moment. I asked Ib Elandaloussi (CAL), Food and Consumer Products Group with Burns and McDonnell to talk briefly about designing facility solutions to meet FSMA rules.

Processors must soon comply with FSMA's rule to try to stop intentional adulteration

Sharon Spielman

May 20, 2019

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Under the Intentional Adulteration rule, domestic and foreign food facilities are required to complete and maintain a written food defense plan that assesses their potential vulnerabilities to deliberate contamination where the intent is to cause wide-scale public health harm.

Food Safety

Food defense has become a critical aspect of food safety audits

Richard F. Stier

April 17, 2019

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Food defense is now an integral element in almost all third-party audit schemes, in particular ones from the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).

Supply Chain

Adents, Microsoft collaborate on blockchain fraud detection system

Originally designed for the pharmaceutical industry where fraudulent copies of drugs are common, software developers are aiming at other high-value industries.

Wayne Labs

June 14, 2018

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Adents, a serialization and track-and-trace solutions provider, has developed a new unit-level product track-and-trace platform using Blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

Manufacturing News

Blockchain Food Safety Alliance will enhance food safety in China

Alliance will use blockchain technology to track and trace

February 12, 2018

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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.