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September 3, 2025
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN
What is the most important factor in ensuring food is safe for consumption? Certainly, prevention: prevention in terms of the facilities where food is produced, the
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July 4, 2025
LOGISTICS SERVICES: STORAGE OF FOOD PRODUCTS
Managing a food safety system involves producing a product that is safe for human consumption, but that’s not where it ends—the product’s safety must be ensured
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March 28, 2025
PRIVATE LABELS (PRIVATE BRANDS) IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY: DO MANUFACTURERS HAVE REASON TO BE CONCERNED?
Term: A brand-trademark or private label (PL) is used to describe products that are produced under the retailer’s own brand and are sold in the retail
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February 25, 2025
IFS WHOLESALE / CASH & CARRY – STANDARD FOR WHOLESALERS AND CASH & CARRY BUSINESSES
Quality management and product safety standards, recognized by GFSI (such as IFS, BRC, FSSC22000), cover the entire supply chain, starting from production, logistics, to agents and
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February 2, 2025
FOOD DEFENSE – HYBRID APPROACH
In order to help you gain a detailed understanding of all potential risks from intentional contamination, we will present three methodologies developed by the Office of
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January 26, 2025
FOOD DEFENCE – THREE ELEMENT METHODOLOGY
In order to help you thoroughly assess all potential hazards from intentional contamination, we will present three methodologies developed by the Office of Analytics and Outreach,
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January 20, 2025
FOOD DEFENCE – KAT METHODOLOGY
I believe that everyone involved in food safety is already familiar with the term “food defence.” Food defence is the protection of food from intentional contamination
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January 6, 2025
CLAIMS ON FOOD PRODUCTS
Recently, I came across a statement from a nutritionist claiming that if a product label includes phrases like “gluten-free” or “sugar-free,” we should “run for the
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December 31, 2024
STORIES FROM PRACTICE – Part Three: METAL DETECTOR
Since the part of training you enjoy most is when we share practical examples, we’re continuing our series of texts featuring various challenges our colleagues have
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December 13, 2024
ALLERGEN THRESHOLD – WHEN EVEN A LITTLE IS TOO MUCH
It seems that food safety management standards place significant emphasis on allergens. However, if I present the following data, you may conclude that this topic is
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December 7, 2024
IFS FOOD STANDARD
The Origin of the IFS Food Standard The IFS Food Standard (the first in the family of IFS standards) was created in 2003 by the German
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November 21, 2024
STORIES FROM PRACTICE – Part Two: WATER
Since your favorite part of our training sessions is when we share real-life examples, we’re continuing our series of articles featuring various challenges our colleagues have
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