There are different ways that food safety teams can stay informed about incidents and emerging risks that could be critical to their supply chain. For example, regularly checking official, trusted websites like the European RASFF portal and the US FDA [...]
Who doesn’t love sesame seeds? They are a popular ingredient in many cuisines and bakery products around the world thanks to their deliciously nutty, slightly sweet taste and aroma which can be enhanced by toasting. Unfortunately, sesame seed containing products [...]
An international food supply chain is often the reason behind the uncertainty of the safety and quality leaders in the world’s largest food manufacturers. The complexity of their supply chain might affect the quality and integrity of the products distributed [...]
Speaking of food safety, there are several decisions that should be made in order to ensure that a product distributed to the market, meets the highest standards. These decisions require information on ingredient hazards, potential risks, suppliers and so on. [...]
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 Nowadays, we’re hearing more and more about retailers and food outlets selling out of date food.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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]