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Best practices in food safety include practices and processes that are followed, recommended, and shared by industry as safe, sustainable, recommended steps to ensure food safety, worker safety, consumer safety, and successful continuity of business operations.

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Challenges of a Food Safety Professional in the Catering Sector

Nimisha Suraj M.Sc.
August 1, 2022

This article explores the food safety challenges of the labor-heavy catering sector, including the pervasive lack of food safety culture and management commitment; the need for creative solutions in process monitoring for large facilities; how to build an effective training program for a catering facility; and how to handle customer complaints, including the importance of root cause analysis.


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Does ‘TIM WOODS' Work in Your Facility? The Importance of Finding and Eliminating Wastes

Janna Hamlett, Ph.D.
July 18, 2022

If you look around, you may find many examples of ‘TIM WOODS' in your facility. TIM WOODS is an acronym for the ‘eight wastes' that can plague a processing facility. In lean manufacturing, waste is any cost, effort, or material that is used in a processing facility that does not directly lead to a completed unit.


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The consumption and production of safe food have immediate and long-term benefits for people, planet, and the economy

World Food Safety Day 2022: Safer Food, Better Health

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Bailee Henderson
June 7, 2022

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.


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Evaluation Finds Danish Kitchen Staff Lacking in Norovirus Awareness

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Bailee Henderson
May 27, 2022

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.


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CDC Launches New Food Safety Webpage

May 26, 2022

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.


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5S

Applying the "5S" Operational Effectiveness System to Food Safety

Janna Hamlett, Ph.D.
April 12, 2022

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.


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IFST Publishes New Food Safety Guide for Directors

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Bailee Henderson
April 4, 2022

The Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) recently published a new guide on food safety best practices for directors.


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Maturity in Food Safety Culture at Any Size

Maturity in Food Safety Culture at Any Size

Tia Glave & Jill Stuber
February 22, 2022

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.


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Food Safety and Employee Safety: Two Sides of the Same Coin

The demand for accountability around food safety should be the same for employee safety
Wendy White M.Sc. Jenny Houlroyd M.S.P.H., C.I.H. Hilarie Warren M.P.H., C.I.H.
February 22, 2022

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.


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WHO

WHO Establishes New Food Safety Community of Practice

December 29, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the Food Safety Community of Practice to share knowledge and improve practice.


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