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Smart Supply Chain Management Can Reduce Food Waste and Improve Margins in Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Around 33 to 40 percent of food goes to waste each year. A large chunk of that comes down to complex problems in global food supply chain management that most restaurants have little control over. What restaurants can do, however, is re-think how their direct food supply is managed – from transport to inventory control.

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Technology in the Food Chain: Insights from the IFT 2023 Traceability Challenge Report

Food Safety Tech

I n a report released in May of 2023, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) offered an encouraging and attainable outlook for cooperative and effective functionality throughout the global food supply chain. Traceability Challenges in a Global Food Supply Chain Traceability is a common goal in all industries.

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House and Senate Oversight on Cronobacter and Infant Formula this week

Bill Marler

Helping manufacturers bring safe product to the market by expediting review of notifications of manufacturing changes that will help increase supply, particularly in the case of the specialized formulas for medical needs. FDA developed this legislative proposal because we were well aware that the U.S.

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NSF Now Offering CA Prop 12 Certification

Food Safety Tech

In 2023, NSF also received approval from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to offer Prop 12 certification to British pork farmers in the UK as the only Red Tractor Certification Body for pork in the country. “NSF

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Jim Jones to Serve as First FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods

Food Safety Tech

Program areas would include food safety, chemical safety and innovative food products, including those from new agricultural technologies, that will bolster the resilience of the U.S. food supply in the face of climate change and globalization, as well as nutrition to help reduce diet-related diseases and improve health equity.

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Focus on food safety and transparency

Food Safety News

— OPINION — By Paul Damaren The food industry experienced a dramatic transformation in 2023, driven by the increased adoption of tech solutions, including AI, IoT, blockchain, and machine learning. In the coming year, more food businesses will implement FSMA regulations.

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Smaller Operation Opson highlights expired food reuse issue

Food Safety News

Opson Europe, or Opson XII, was coordinated by Europol and occurred between December 2022 and April 2023. Activities targeted food fraud in customs areas, physical and online markets such as e-commerce platforms, and the food supply chain. In the past, Operation Opson has also involved Interpol.