On Feb 21st, 2018, an official announcement was made that Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) are expected to come into effect in 2018. The regulations target food businesses, including exporters and importers and focus on the implementation of preventive controls to manage food safety risks. The SFCR are based on the CODEX Alimentarius General…
Karine Lawrence, Sirocco Principal, has been working for the Canadian and US wine and food industry for over sixteen years. Now, she's sharing her extensive working knowledge with aspiring winery assistant students at Okanagan College's Penticton campus. Karine will be co-teaching one module of the Winery Assistant Certificate Program: WINE24, Quality Control and Public Relations. This…
How to develop a Food Safety Plan that’s compliant with FDA Preventive Controls & HACCP requirements I have just taught another FSPCA course (Human Food) in Western Canada. FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food is the standardized food safety curriculum that is recognized by the FDA. Under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), companies…
Need Help with FSMA Compliance? The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now offers a dedicated tool to assist businesses in implementing and enhancing food safety – the Food Safety Plan Builder (FSPB)! This tool will help you to address your food safety plans and meet the requirements of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Hazard…
Are you a food importer who needs help with a Foreign Supplier Verification Program? Your deadline to be compliant is fast approaching!
Applied consumer and sensory science is a discipline that is widely used and accepted in the food industry. It is only recently, with the expansion of the wine industry, that sensory tools have been used in wine consumer research to identify consumer likes and dislikes. This post features the research of two academics from the…
With the release of the new GFSI Benchmarking Requirements, food fraud is a threat that must be addressed.
If your business is involved in food manufacturing, food safety compliance is now a top priority. Under FSMA (the Food Safety Modernization Act), facilities that manufacture, process, pack or hold FDA-regulated food must follow new federal regulations.
The compliance dates for importers subject to the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) rule differ according to a number of considerations.
Under FSMA, food importers are responsible for the safety of the food they bring into the country. FSVP or Foreign Supplier Verification Program protects the consumer from unsafe imported products. This is achieved by approving suppliers and their raw materials and taking corrective actions where applicable. Importers covered by the FSVP rule must verify that…