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Read more on What are HACCP and PCQI? Why both are important for your business
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What are HACCP and PCQI? Why both are important for your business

In the last 15 years, food safety regulations have become stricter. As a result, food and beverage companies now invest in food safety training and HACCP/PCQI certification courses to meet their legal responsibility. This has resulted in safer supply chains. Due to the complicated nature of food safety regulations, registering for the right food safety…

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Recent Salmonella Outbreak, Ensuring Cantaloupe Safety

The recent cantaloupe Salmonella outbreak has dominated headlines in the food industry over the past month, prompting concerns about cantaloupe safety and pre-cut cantaloupe purchased for the holiday season. Furthermore, food safety consultants know well that ensuring produce safety is challenging due to the nature of raw and perishable agricultural products. Consequently, ensuring cantaloupe safety…

Read more on 10 Tips and Best Practices to Develop a Food Safety Plan for SQF 9 Food Manufacturing. Introducing the new SQF Addendum (July 2023)
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10 Tips and Best Practices to Develop a Food Safety Plan for SQF 9 Food Manufacturing. Introducing the new SQF Addendum (July 2023)

Food businesses and storage warehouses seek Food Safety Certification to show compliance with regulations, to sell their products to large retailers, to export, to align with their supply chain requirements and to guarantee safe food to their customers. In North America, in Europe and in the South Pacific, Safe Quality Food (SQF) is a certification…

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How To Control Extraneous Hazardous Materials And Filth In Foods

If your activity involves food manufacturing or importing food, you follow the Codex HACCP guidelines. Adopted in 1969, the General Principles of Food Hygiene have recently been revised to reflect the current understanding of food safety risks. The document comprises two parts: the first section describes Good Hygiene Practices for primary food producers and post-farm…