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Food Defense Strategy Exchange 2015

The sixth annual event brings together regulatory agencies with food and beverage industry leaders to collaborate on food defense ideas.

Debra Schug

May 27, 2015

A few dozen food and beverage industry officials from an array of companies, such as Whole Foods, PepsiCo and ADM, attended the sixth annual Food Defense Strategy Exchange.

Dock Door Seals for Refrigerated Trucking Industry

April 24, 2015

Humboldt Specialty Manufacturing Co., Omaha, Neb., introduced Kool Shield, an innovative dock door that seals off the trailer opening, thus reducing wear and tear on refrigerated systems.

The Latest FSMA Proposals and Impacts on the “Cold Chain”

Bill Tomasi Lori Harner

January 6, 2015

Food safety for consumers is a key aspect of the act, but the burden of compliance needs to be equally shared and the complexities of the supply chain better understood by the regulators enforcing the law.

How the Cold Food Industry Can Prepare for FSMA Changes

Douglas Kara

December 12, 2014

The new FSMA deadlines are Aug. 30, 2015. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Washington, D.C., outlines what cold food processors should be doing now to comply with these new rules and regulations.

How to Protect Every Link in the Supply Chain

Gayatri Abbott

July 14, 2014

While food producers and processors bear the primary responsibility for food safety under the FSMA, they also rely heavily on partners in the refrigerated transportation industry to ensure that safe and sanitary conditions are maintained throughout a product’s journey to market.

How to Conduct a Mock Recall

Mock recalls are routine exercises conducted by manufacturers, processors, distributors and other various trading partners in the supply chain to assess their recall procedures and responsiveness.

Angela Fernandez

March 4, 2014

With pending Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) traceability regulations on the horizon, it is more important than ever to have a mock recall process in place.

Packaging Guidelines for the Cold Food Industry

Tom Egan

February 10, 2014

PMMI's Tom Egan offers some packaging tips in relation to updated FSMA mandates, food safety advancements and planning for tomorrow.

FSMA Update: Staying ahead of the curve

Comments are in for proposed Produce Safety Rule and Preventive Controls, but final rules have not been issued, leaving processors time to explore audit and certification alternatives.

Wayne Labs

February 7, 2014

If you’re going through the motions of obtaining a GFSI certification, you may be in pretty good shape if FDA were to run an FSMA audit at your facility.

Practice makes perfect, especially when it comes to food safety

Employees need feedback on how well they're doing their jobs.

Wayne Labs

December 10, 2013

With FSMA’s risk-based approach to food safety and GFSI certifications de rigueur for processors to sell to retail chains, processors need to bring their employees up to speed on best practices for food safety techniques to meet regulatory requirements, obtain GFSI certification(s) and produce a safe product.

HACCP software: Get with the program!

From HACCP forms generation to automated track-and-trace systems, affordable software tools make FSMA compliance easier for small and medium-sized processors, and can reduce the potential of recalls.

Wayne Labs

November 11, 2013

Most operations can’t afford to be without HACCP software.