During the lockdown measures, thousands of food safety and quality professionals around the world have been mostly working from home. They have been trying to ensure that the food products of their businesses — food manufacturers, distributors and retailers — [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly boosted the discussions around assessing risk remotely using digital tools. One of the most important tools to assess risk — onsite audits — is not currently available to food safety and quality assurance experts, creating [...]
Ensuring global food safety depends on data. There is data concerning food recalls and border rejections, data pertaining to a huge amount of raw ingredients and commodities, and data unpacking all the possible hazards behind a food safety incident. When [...]
Nikos Manouselis recently wrote an article for Neos Kosmos, Melbourne on how the pandemic leads to a radical digital transformation of the food supply chain. Here is an abridged version of the original article that can be found here.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increasing global concern — especially around its impact on the global food supply chain. Our team often receives questions, comments and concerns from food safety professionals in our network. Many companies look for [...]
With the majority of countries across the globe (209 countries as presented in the figure) affected by the COVID-19, the quality assurance and food safety professionals are working hard to ensure the continuity of their supply chain. The visualization map [...]
“With access to data within the global supply chain, businesses and professionals within the industry can identify any increasing risk trends or incidents that need global attention." - my recent opinion article at Food & Drink Business, Australia’s leading food [...]
We recently gave an interview at the European Commission’s Digital Single Market web site about a 3-year innovation project that we have been coordinating. The project aimed to explore how digital infrastructures may support scientists in food and agriculture, by [...]
With restrictions applied in a large number of countries, the Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA) experts face a very important challenge: how to assess suppliers and facilities now that they cannot travel to conduct audits? Until today the onsite [...]
I was looking at the tired faces in the video call. Their eyes were red, with black circles underneath. Their shoulders were rounded and bent. Only one or two made an effort to smile. A dozen of young, bright and [...]
Prediction algorithms for food data analytics and intelligence: towards a big data experimentation platform from Big Data Grapes
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increasing global concern — especially around its impact on the food supply chain. We receive a number of questions, comments and concerns from food safety professionals in our network, as companies look for [...]