The Food Safety Intelligence Blog
Useful information, insights, resources and best practices on innovative digital technologies and tools for becoming more efficient and cost-effective in food quality, safety and compliance tasks
Moving from reaction to prediction through emerging data technologies
Wouldn’t life be easier if we could prevent food safety incidents from ever happening? Nowadays, we’re hearing more and more about retailers and food outlets selling out of date food. Food recalls have also been increasing over the past two [...]
Predicting food safety and fraud risks in the dairy industry
The food safety leaders we talk to these days are analyzing thousands of past food safety incidents, trying to understand what might happen in the future. They have to take critical decisions every day for their supply chain in order [...]
Can we really prevent food fraud and safety incidents from happening?
Predictive analytics are so cool. Nowadays, you can find their application in many sectors, for many critical business decisions. Everyone seems to be discussing the so-called ‘Prediction Machines’ that promises to enhance any type of software system with cheap and easy-to-use AI algorithmic [...]
A holistic approach to food safety across the dairy industry
For ages, milk and dairy products have been a staple of the diet of young and old around the world. In fact, milk contains nine essential nutrients, making it one of the most nutritious beverages one can enjoy. But, in [...]
Keeping the global dairy supply chain safe
Global Safety in the Case of Dairy Products Continuing the "Food Safety insights and lessons learned" series, we are moving into the dairy industry report this week. Via the accumulation of data for the case of dairy products over the past [...]
Driving food system resilience: how can technology deliver on its promise?
Α prestigious UK publication recently asked Agroknow's CEO - Nikos Manouselis, to contribute with an expert opinion. The New Business Magazine provides small and medium businesses with advice, reports and reviews on key areas of business. There, he highlights the vital role [...]
Mitigating hazards in the soft drinks industry by sharing what we learned
Our previous two articles explored hazard trends within the non-alcoholic beverages market and an in-depth look at emerging hazards in the juice drinks industry. This article will examine how we can identify and overcome the hidden hazards associated with soft [...]
The three things we are looking for when hiring
We have just opened a new digital marketing position and I have been asked to write a few things that would attract new candidates. Not the typical description of the job position which includes information like the role and accountabilities, [...]
Frustrated from dealing with risk assessment as a manual task?
Today, although we have good food safety standards, food safety systems, certifications and risk assessment strategies - recalls and border rejections are increasing - the number of recalls and border rejections reported in 2019 have doubled compared to 2014. [...]