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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 Safety

How to manage food labels to ensure allergens are clearly noted on any product

Use of the wrong package or label is one of the most common causes of allergen recalls

Richard F. Stier

July 29, 2020

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One of the most common causes of allergen recalls is the use of the wrong package or wrong label on a container. It is imperative that food processors make sure that the correct label is placed on each and every product, especially for foods with allergens.

Food Safety

FDA moves to in-depth analysis after romaine field tests didn’t find outbreak strains

'Root-cause' investigation will help determine needed preventive controls

Rose Shilling

January 16, 2020

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E. coli tests of romaine fields where investigators traced contaminated lettuce did not turn up outbreak strains, so the FDA will move to an in-depth “root-cause” investigation for three outbreaks.

Regulatory Watch

FSMA guidance on business size released for preventive control for foods

Sharon Spielman

August 12, 2019

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FDA has finalized guidance to help facilities determine their business size under the Preventive Controls for Human Food and Preventive Controls for Animal Food rules issued in response to the FSMA.

Michael Taylor at the Food Safety Summit

Manufacturing News

Crises still drive food safety in U.S.

Wayne Labs

July 12, 2019

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Michael Taylor, former deputy commissioner for food for FDA and present co-chair of the Stop Foodborne Illness Board, suggested that in spite of all the technology, collaboration and education to improve food safety, crisis management still drives changes.

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).

Food Safety

Processors must ensure their PCQIs are qualified, trained and experienced

Richard F. Stier

February 14, 2019

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Food processors have a mandate to ensure that they have someone with a new title on board: the preventive controls qualified individual, or PCQI.

Food Safety

How Preventive Controls Affect FDA Inspections

Understanding preventive controls is critical to FSMA compliance

Richard F. Stier

November 21, 2018

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The enactment of the Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation has profoundly affected the food processing industry in the United States and throughout the world.

Food Safety

The importance of preventive controls

Preventive controls are a must for processors to meet safety goals

Wayne Labs

April 22, 2018

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The idea of preventive controls is not process-centric, but risk based. And its principles are not new concepts.

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FSCPCA - Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCQI)

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