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Read more on Canadian PCP Plans for Food Manufacturing – How to get started?
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Canadian PCP Plans for Food Manufacturing – How to get started?

The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) came into force on January 15, 2019. The food safety requirements rest on three pillars: Business Licensing, One-step forward/One-step back Traceability and Preventative Controls for food safety. The term “Preventive Controls” is now widely used, from the Codex HACCP guidelines (2020 publication) to the FDA Food Safety Modernization…

Read more on SQF Food Safety System Validation and Verification
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SQF Food Safety System Validation and Verification

System verification is an important component of SQF. Third-party audit stats for SQF often show that this element is non-compliant.  Verification confirms that the Food Safety Management System is functioning as planned. The purpose of verification is to demonstrate that the food safety plan is science-based and that CCP is effective at controlling the significant…

Read more on How to Get Started with SQF
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How to Get Started with SQF

Safe Quality Food (SQF) is a popular food safety certification scheme that is benchmarked to GFSI international requirements. The scheme is owned by SQFI (a branch of the Food Industry Association); the standard was first published in May 1995. SQFI issues about 11,000 certificates yearly across 40 countries and 6 continents.1 According to FMI (2022),…

Read more on Improving your SQF system using Corrective Action-Preventive Action (CAPA)
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Improving your SQF system using Corrective Action-Preventive Action (CAPA)

Continuous improvement is a requirement of SQF and all food safety quality management systems. When demonstrating process improvements, the CAPA process is followed. This is a diagnostic procedure aimed at identifying the root cause(s) of system non-conformities. The objective of a CAPA investigation is the development and implementation of an action plan designed to prevent…