Food Safety Tech

MARCH 24, 2024

I went with all kinds of documentation including the inspection reports, images of the violations and documentation about what could happen based on the violations I found.” They also highlight the importance of proper documentation for all audits or inspections.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 2, 2024

As a restaurant manager, maintaining food safety is your number one responsibility. To verify a supplier's credibility, check for certifications such as the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) or Safe Quality Food (SQF) certification. These credentials indicate adherence to high safety standards.

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FoodDocs

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Download your free Food Safety Guidelines PDF to learn about the types of contamination that affect food product quality. Add to your training documents!

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2024

Promoting a food safety culture in the restaurant industry requires a fundamental shift in mindset and practices. A recent survey revealed that only 49 percent of companies have a formal food safety culture plan, highlighting a critical gap that the foodservice industry must address.

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Food Safety Tech

MARCH 11, 2024

As the global food industry continues to evolve, the importance of ensuring food safety has never been more critical. Various standards and certifications, such as GFSI, Organic, Global GAP, HACCP, and ISO standards, have been established to address different aspects of food safety.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This increases the risks around food safety and animal welfare, said NVWA. Document fraud suspected In another case, the NVWA-IOD searched a business premises and a home in North Brabant and Zeeland in early October. NVWA-IOD was investigating document fraud involving meat exported from the Netherlands to Ghana.

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Bill Marler

MAY 20, 2021

Last night Food Safety News reported that the Arizona Department of Health was reporting a “secondary E. It’s likely she was exposed by a relative (who consumed the product) who traveled from Washington state,” Steve Elliott of the department told Food Safety News. We have a case of E. We have a case of E.

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Bill Marler

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The proposed rule, “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods” (Food Traceability Proposed Rule) is a key component of the FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint and would implement Section 204(d) of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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Food Safety Tech

MAY 10, 2024

In the ever-evolving realm of the food service industry, the importance of food safety goes beyond mere regulatory compliance. This statistic is a wake-up call, underscoring the pressing need for heightened awareness and action within the food industry. Their teams need to eat, breathe, and live food safety.

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Bill Marler

MAY 17, 2022

However, the resulting investigation and inspection (and whistleblower documents) uncovered enough problems in the Abbott facility to shutter it causing havoc with supplies of infant formula. Here are the key documents: Here is the 2021 inspection report at the plant – APPLIED – FOI II – BR Abbott Nutritions- FEI# 1815692 9-2021 EIR.

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Food Quality & Safety

APRIL 22, 2024

With the popularity of food delivery services and meal kits growing so quickly, however, food safety regulators have given little guidance regarding best practices for direct-to-consumer (DTC) or third-party delivery (TPD) services. Postal Service, UPS, FedEx, aren’t regulated by food safety agencies, says Donald W.

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Food Safety Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Similarly, food safety culture (FSC) is the solid foundation that enables organizations to ultimately minimize food safety risks. This is why the simple idea of food safety culture emerges to be a powerful concept in reducing the global burden of foodborne diseases. In short, food safety equals behavior.

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Food Safety Tech

JANUARY 23, 2024

We spoke with Sabo to learn more about his findings, how these tools can be utilized by public health agencies and the food industry and what’s next for AI/ML in food safety. Visual text analytics can scan inspection reports and analyze terms related to serious food safety violations.

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Food Safety Tech

AUGUST 15, 2024

Food safety is an issue that is critical to millions of people’s health every year worldwide. Maintaining a high standard of hygiene is essential in preventing contamination and ensuring all people receive the safest quality food products every time. Here are a few notable statistics.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

But in its recent report, the GAO did document several instances where companies delayed complying with recall requests. Require the meat industry to document where specific lots of food are sold. Merge the two federal agencies responsible for food safety.

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Bill Marler

JUNE 2, 2022

However, the resulting investigation and inspection (and whistleblower documents) uncovered enough problems in the Abbott facility to shutter it causing havoc with supplies of infant formula. Here are the key documents: Here is the 2021 inspection report at the plant – APPLIED – FOI II – BR Abbott Nutritions- FEI# 1815692 9-2021 EIR.

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Food Safety Tech

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

This control includes importation of food from facilities [1] that have been certified in accordance with FDA’s Accredited Third-Party Certification Program (also referred to as the Third-Party Program or TPP) (section 808 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C.

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Food Safety Magazine

JULY 3, 2024

According to a European Commission (EC) draft document, the responsibility for major parts of EU food safety policy may shift from DG SANTE to other EC departments. EC confirmed the existence of this document but denied its relevance to the future of the EC’s organization.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The trend moving forward will blend traditional audits with remote audits and self-assessments for a more frequent, comprehensive review of food safety and quality across a business. Remote Audits Offer Distinct Food Safety Benefits. Preparing paper documents for in-person audits can be time-consuming and tedious.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

The document is meant to be used in conjunction with instruction operators receive from authorities during their reopening phase-in. The guidance focuses on food safety, cleaning and sanitizing, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing. Download the full guidance, here.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 11, 2021

This review is part of FDA’s “New Era of Smarter Food Safety: FDA’s Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan” that also requires a hard look and the support by those concerned about improving the safety of our food and driving the numbers of ill consumers down. Thanks to the deep dive by Craig Hedberg.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 9, 2020

Quality Assurance and Food Safety Magazine. On one hand: “You have to recognize what an amazing job food production is doing in the world, especially in the U.S. Given the amount of people that we feed, the relative safety of the food supply is pretty amazing given how it has become more and more complex.

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Food Safety Tech

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Everyone understands the importance of a robust food safety program. It should ensure the safety of the product and environment, backed by solid, traceable data. The food industry is vast, stretching from the farm all the way to our plates, and includes a diverse array of foods and drinks.

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Food Safety News

JANUARY 7, 2024

These tech solutions will continue to revolutionize the food sector in 2024, elevating food safety, transparency, and the customer experience. Food safety prioritized Many food brands have wisely adopted tech solutions to improve food safety and quality – a trend that will continue in 2024.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 17, 2023

Technology Is an ISO Game-Changer Organizations no longer need to sift through piles of paperwork, desperately trying to find the right documents to prove they’re compliant. Skip trying to find a single certification document in an overflowing file cabinet. Using manual systems to achieve ISO compliance has numerous flaws.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Sprouts have long been a problem as my friend Doug has repeatedly warned on Barfblog : Kate Bernot of The Take Out wrote , “If you ask anyone in food safety, ‘What is the one food you will not eat?’ I’ve asked him whether food-safety fears about sprouts—those tiny, crunchy squiggles in your salad or sandwich—are well-founded.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

What about food safety? Bypass the cow, or other livestock raised for food, and you bypass a lot of food-safety problems, say advocates of alternative proteins such as plant-based meats and lab meats. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here.) You can bet on that.”

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Food Safety News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Four ways to improve food safety and enhance trade have been put forward in a policy brief. The document discusses trade and food safety links and highlights the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) role.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Recent outbreaks have highlighted vulnerabilities in food safety systems. Traditional food safety monitoring often relies on manual checklists and visual inspection. Temperature logs and cleaning checklists serve an important documentation purpose, but they can't detect active contamination in real-time.

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Food Safety News

JANUARY 29, 2024

A food safety barometer in Belgium has found improvements in the country during the past decade. The purpose is to measure food safety and enable evidence-based risk management and policy decisions. It consists of 30 indicators that cover various aspects of food safety from farm to fork.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The Finnish Hygiene Passport was developed to promote food safety. Those who work in the food industry must know how to handle foodstuffs safely and hygienically. Employees must have a hygiene passport if they work on food premises and handle unpackaged perishable foods, such as milk, meat, and vegetables.

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Food Safety Tech

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The food industry faces increasing customer demand on top of snowballing regulatory concerns, and many are calling for automation to overcome these obstacles. Automation technologies reinforce food safety practices from processing to packaging by revamping sanitation, quality control, and more.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The FDA has released its final food safety guidance for producers of sprouts, a food that has been linked to several outbreaks in recent years. The Food and Drug Administration has also released a revised draft of a second guidance document that includes a section on testing spent sprout irrigation water for pathogens.

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Bill Marler

MAY 21, 2022

Stephen Sundlof of the Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers that agency inspectors will start to routinely collect samples for bacterial testing whenever they go into a peanut butter manufacturing facility. “We Sundlof said the government is weighing whether to designate it as a high-risk food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Especially in a time where the industry is in flux because of the pandemic, juggling things like food costs, keeping shifts full and food safety can feel more difficult than ever. Modern restaurant technology can provide peace of mind to operators worried about food safety violations, labor law mistakes, falsified data and more.

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Bill Marler

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Designing Salmonella performance standard to more closely align with the goal of reducing foodborne illness is fundamental to improving food safety. August 19, 2021. Sandra Eskin.

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Food Safety Magazine

MARCH 18, 2024

Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Food Safety Modernization Act Section 204(d), also known as FSMA 204 or the Food Traceability Final Rule, the Kroger Co recently published a Food Traceability Policy and Requirements document for suppliers. In an effort to achieve compliance with the U.S.

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Food Safety 116