food safety management Articles
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Public-goods oriented agricultural business models with higher awareness
The concept of our paper is based on the recognition, that environment safety and food safety is jointly influenced by the farming system and intensity of farming on the basis of given conditions. Therefore, the complete agricultural system and structure needs remodelling in order to create a management that is based on the sensitivity, stress-counteracting ability, production potential of the ...
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ISO/IEC 17020 accreditation of Gauteng Veterinary Services: a systems approach towards managing food safety in South Africa
Consumers worldwide demand safe food that is produced in facilities that meet high quality and safety standards. There has been an evolution in legislative control regarding the safe processing of meat in South Africa. Legislation has been amended in order to strengthen government control of safe meat production. Abattoirs are legally compelled to implement the hygiene management system (HMS), a ...
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5 Errors That May be Impacting Your GFSI Compliance
What is GFSI? The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is a global initiative for the continuous improvement of food safety management systems. The initiative’s goal is to ensure confidence in the delivery of safe food to consumers around the world. The initiative was launched in 2000 following a number of food safety crises that severely diminished consumers’ confidence in the ...
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HACCP training online
HACCP training online is a learning tool used to teach food handlers about the importance, principles, and implementation of the state-of-the-art approach of the HACCP food safety program through an online platform. HACCP training online, self-paced course programs gives you the advantage of doing the program at your speed. HACCP training is an essential tool for food management professionals ...
By FoodDocs
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Choosing the Right Vibratory Sifter for Sieving Food Powders
Food and beverage manufacturers have to adhere to extremely high standards of production quality, both to meet their regulatory obligations and to manage risk when bringing a product to market. Sieving and sifting food powders is a critical step in the manufacturing of several products, one that is responsible for filtering out fine impurities that can affect overall quality. As a result, your ...
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Food Safety Certification for Smaller Businesses
Bringing food safety certification to smaller, less well developed, operations, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has developed the Global Markets Programme, in line with Issue 7 of its Global Standard for Food Safety. It is recognised that it takes extensive time and investment to develop the food safety culture needed to meet the Global Standard for Food Safety requirements and achieve ...
By SGS
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Difference between a HACCP certification course and a HACCP training course
A HACCP training course mainly deals with basic food handling practices, principles of HACCP, how to make and implement a HACCP plan, and related requirements for a HACCP system. A HACCP certification course is a program that contains modules to prepare food handlers for a certification audit. Digital software can be used to ensure the successful implementation of a HACCP plan The Hazard ...
By FoodDocs
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What is cross contamination & how does it happen?
Cross contamination is the movement of harmful microorganisms and other pathogens that spread from the service area to the food being prepared. Cross contamination can become a way of spreading foodborne illnesses and potentially cause an outbreak. Cross contamination can occur at any point in the food supply chain and can negatively affect your operations. Food security and an enjoyable ...
By FoodDocs
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The History of HACCP - Timeline & Facts
The HACCP program was first built to create crumb- and pathogen-free foods for astronauts who will be traveling to space. HACCP was created to address food safety hazards in a food business and prevent the spread of foodborne illnesses. AI-powered HACCP plan builder has started revolutionizing the food industry and implementation of HACCP. Creating a HACCP plan isn't an easy task. It is ...
By FoodDocs
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Food Safety: Foreign Materials And Pathogens Continue To Impact Product Quality
One of the defining elements of modern society is that consumers have more options when choosing what products they want to buy. On a basic level, freedom of choice is something that we all want, but when it comes to food safety, people are often at the mercy of a brand’s working and quality processes. In fact, recent headlines underscore that no matter whether consumers choose generic or ...
By EtQ, LLC
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Product Recalls
Product Recalls Food product recalls have been a concern to consumers for many years. They incur immense direct costs for manufacturers and retailers, can shake consumer trust and may lead to consumers switching to competitors' brands. The number of food borne diseases that lead to mass product recalls is high - in the USA, over 17,000 cases of food poisoning were recorded for the year 2006. ...
By Creme Global
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What is HACCP training?
A HACCP training is a type of learning program that aims to educate food safety managers and related handlers about the significance of HACCP as well as its implementation. HACCP training programs can be conducted and availed as in-person services or online courses. HACCP training programs ensure that employees know about HACCP and prevent food safety hazards from causing food safety concerns ...
By FoodDocs
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Case study - Arby`s energy management and food safety
Challenge: Get energy costs under control Locations: ≈900 company-owned restaurants Scope: HVAC control & management, food safety monitoring Time to deploy: Five months Results: 7.6% aggregate energy savings reported by Arby’s In 2012 Arby’s, a leading global quick-service restaurant company, decided to deploy remotely controlled thermostats across its company-owned ...
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Froilabo Products for the Food and Drink Industry
Many of Froilabo’s products are essential for food safety management within the food industry.The food industry is subject to increasingly strict regulations and our freezers are manufactured to meet food safety legislation enabling you to track data with complete confidence. Froilabo’s ultra-low temperature (ULT) equipment is manufactured under ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 standards. This means that ...
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What critical control points do not include?
Critical control points (CCPs) are any operation in the food chain where controls can be applied to eliminate or reduce any potential hazard. Critical control points do not include operations related to the quality of food. Critical control points require any appropriate monitoring procedure and verification procedure to ensure compliance with standards. Every food business in the food ...
By FoodDocs
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Portuguese Brewery Saves 72 Million Liters of Water Annually with GE Technology
Sociedade Central de Cervejas e Bebidas (SCC), a brewery in Vialonga near Lisbon, Portugal, has significantly reduced water usage by improving operating performance and reliability with help from GE’s (NYSE: GE) advanced membranes and water chemical technology. The site reused wastewater to its cooling towers, which enabled it to reduce its yearly water discharge by 72 million liters and ...
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HACCP 101: What Food Manufacturers Need To Know
Stewart and Michael Parnell may not be household names in the celebrity sense, but ask the average quality professional who they are and it’s a safe bet that you will get the right answer. Not for their commitment to product quality, sadly, more that these two people are the face of one of the most egregious episodes in food safety history. It’s been over 10 years since the ...
By EtQ, LLC
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Oil Skimming in the Beverage and Canning Industry
Meeting Local and Federal Regulations for Wastewater Discharge Today, beverage canning facilities can produce 2,500 cans or more per minute on one production line using high-speed machinery. In the United States, more than 200 can manufacturing plants in 38 states produce approximately 130 billion cans each year. Aluminum beverage cans, which are the most widely used, were first introduced in ...
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Adequate food safety practices lead to less hospitalizations
Food safety practices are any operation within the food supply chain that aims to control hazards such as contamination of food products. Food safety practices consist of basic operations such as handwashing and proper personal hygiene as well as cooking food to the right internal temperature. Inadequate food safety practices can cause foodborne illnesses and other related food hardships. ...
By FoodDocs
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What is the purpose of establishing a critical limit in a HACCP plan?
A critical limit is a range of maximum and minimum values used as a reference in controlling a critical control point (CCP) to reduce or eliminate any potential hazard. Critical limits must be measurable, observable, and can be monitored during the actual operations for the control of food safety. Establishing a critical limit is based on the identified potential hazard and CCPs of your HACCP ...
By FoodDocs
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