The strategic Bakery Industry Forum (BIF) within the Bakery Equipment Manufacturers and Allieds (BEMA) recently has taken on the task of developing an Overall Risk Assessment (ORA) checklist to help address a comprehensive list of aspects related to grain-based product manufacturing, including:
In order to learn more about this BEMA BIF initiative, we reached out to Delia Justable, global sanitary compliance manager, Forbo Siegling, LLC, Huntersville, NC, and Karl Thorson, food safety and sanitation manager, General Mills, Minneapolis. Both are current members of BIF.