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Defining Sustainable Beef Takes a Global Effort

May 31, 2013

Working as a committee within the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based group of representatives from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the European Union and the United States began work that will lead to GRSB's definition framework for sustainable beef.

Global Fresh Foods Masters Sustainable Food Transportation Via Ocean Freight

May 31, 2013

Global Fresh Foods (GFF), San Francisco, successfully ocean freighted 40,000 pounds of fresh salmon from Lirquen, Bio-Bio, Chile, to the Port of Long Beach, Calif., without the use of polystyrene or ice.

Shrimp Gumbo Pack is first to bear certified authentic label

May 23, 2013

Vermilion Bay Sweet White Shrimp Gumbo Pack from Delcambre Direct Seafood as one of the first products to carry the "Certified Authentic Louisiana Wild Seafood" seal on the packaging.

Tracing Your Steps

Mastering a safe food plant is one thing—maintaining it is another. Find out what solutions are available for keeping up with today’s ever-changing traceability and sanitation guidelines.

Marina Mayer

May 7, 2013

Just like it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to master a food safety program. From the top executives down to the line operators, all parties involved must be aware of—and able to execute—today’s ever-changing food safety regulations.

Best Practices for Traceability and Recall Preparation

Gale Prince

May 7, 2013

Food safety is at the core of every successful food business. When making a purchasing decision on food, consumers have to trust that the food manufacturers have delivered a product that is safe to consume.

Food Safety vs. Food Defense: How to Stay Ahead of the Game

May 3, 2013

Marina Mayer, editor-in-chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, talked exclusively with Don Hsieh, director of commercial and industrial marketing for Tyco Integrated Security, Boca Raton, Fla., to learn about the difference between food safety and food defense.

Marfrig Promotes Sustainable Cattle Production in Amazon Region

April 9, 2013

The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Arlington, Va., Walmart Brazil, Brazil’s Marfrig Group and ranchers joined forces to spread social and environmental best practices in cattle production activities in the Brazilian Amazon Region.

Food Safety Summit Resource Center Returns to PACK EXPO 2013

April 5, 2013

PMMI, the Reston, Va., owner and producer of the PACK EXPO tradeshows, announced it will team with B2B media company BNP Media, the Troy, Mich.-based parent company of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, to bring the latest iteration of the Food Safety Summit Resource Center to PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2013.

Food Defense Systems

Staff vigilance: The first line of food defense

Facing mandates to safeguard against deliberate contamination, food companies walk a fine line between implementing effective defenses and creating an uncomfortable workplace.

Kevin T. Higgins

April 3, 2013

The joke in certain circles is that the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which explicitly cites the need to guard against intentional adulteration, should more accurately be referred to as SCFEA: the Security Consultants Full Employment Act.

Sanitizers build upon past success

Meat and poultry processors are doubling down to fight foodborne pathogens through new and old mixtures.

Megan Pellegrini

April 3, 2013

Apparently, the cure for nasty foodborne pathogens has been hiding in our yogurt all along. Lactic acid, which is a product of nature and dissolves without any chemical residue, is one of many natural acids fighting the good fight against pathogens on carcasses today.