A robust food defense plan has to include strategies and tactics to detect the full spectrum of adversaries, from employees who are motivated by criminal intent or revenge and wish to do harm to the company all the way to nation states.
Regulatory requirements change, as do agency priorities for enforcing those requirements. That’s why it’s a good idea to build frequent checks and re-checks into safety procedures and annual reviews.
The Food Freshness Card is also effective for shipping containers, walk-in commercial refrigerators, produce markets, storage facilities and more.
October 27, 2016
Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Mass., installed 36 Food Freshness Cards in storage areas, walk-in refrigerators and serving areas throughout the food services department.
The “train-the-trainer” program teaches local poultry farmers how to produce chickens more efficiently, with particular emphasis on improving biosecurity to help prevent the spread of disease.
October 21, 2016
The World Poultry Foundation (WPF), Stone Mountain, Ga., concluded the second phase of a landmark multi-year project to improve poultry and egg production in Ghana by teaching a small group of producers to train other producers.
The center will target research focused on analyzing root causes of foodborne illnesses.
October 20, 2016
Walmart, Bentonville, Ark., launched the Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center (WFSCC) in Beijing, designed to bring some of the world’s leading food safety innovation to China.
More than 20,000 products now carry the blue MSC label and can be traced back to fisheries, which meet the MSC’s world-class standard for sustainable fishing.
October 14, 2016
The volume of MSC-certified catch has increased by 6% since 2014-15, while the MSC-certified supply chain climbed 16% over the same period, according to an annual report published by Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
According to the “2016 Food & Health Survey,” about one-third of Americans (30%) say that they “don’t create any food waste.”
October 14, 2016
According to a survey by the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation, Washington, D.C., many Americans are unaware of their own roles in contributing to the problem.