In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we interview Marc Cwikowski, Founder and Managing Director of All Food Consulting and Co-Founder at World of Auditing, about how food companies can develop risk-based audit strategies, the importance of aligning business priorities with audit priorities, ways that food companies can maximize the value of audits, how auditing can improve traceability and transparency, achieving preparedness for supply chain challenges, and the future of food safety auditing.
The theme of World Food Safety Day 2022 is “safer food, better health.” Worldwide organizations explain why and how the global community should prioritize ensuring the safety of food.
An evaluation of kitchen staff in Denmark, conducted by the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, found that there is room for improvement in staff norovirus education and training.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a new food safety webpage that provides information that can help prevent foodborne illnesses and outbreaks.
Food safety and quality systems do not have to be cumbersome and difficult to follow. The 5S system, when launched and properly maintained, can have a positive impact on food safety and quality programs, as well as operational efficiency.
In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak with Hilarie Warren, Jenny Houlroyd, and Wendy White of Georgia Tech about the critical intersection between worker safety and food safety, and how the food sector can maintain food safety standards while also improving worker safety.
Strong food safety cultures are often associated with maturity, but they are not developed overnight. Three steps can help develop food safety culture maturity at any organizational level and company size.
This article gives a comparison of food safety/quality needs with employee safety during production, using the chemical application of peracetic acid to control environmental biological contamination as the example. It also examines how to better encourage collaboration between food safety and employee safety, using the hierarchy of controls as the guide.