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Beyond HACCP and Preventive Controls: Promoting True Risk-Based Thinking Tied to Public Health Outcomes

Rethinking preventive approaches to food safety

June 20, 2021

For all the food safety benefits that Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and preventive controls have brought us, perhaps public health would be better served if companies put the most effort toward managing their greatest risks instead of thinking of risk in yes/no terms.

Study: Text Mining Approaches for Postmarket Food Safety Surveillance Using Online Media

January 15, 2021

Researchers from San Diego State University, Virginia Tech, Loyola Marymount University, and Radford University are using text mining to try to pinpoint unique words and phrases in posts online, which identify consumers' experiences with hazardous food products.

FSAI Identifies Emerging Food Safety Risks

January 15, 2021

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has identified three areas for research: emerging food safety risks, food chain vulnerability assessments, and fresh produce traceability.

Microbiological Risk Assessment: Origins, Current Status, and Future Challenges

Origins, Current Status, and Future Challenges

Robert L. Buchanan Ph.D.

January 15, 2021

The process for evaluating chemicals in foods and the environment advanced significantly in 1983 when the National Research Council (NRC) published the first edition of its publication Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the Process.

Using Simulations to Identify and Characterize Food Safety Enterprise Risks

Savvy crisis management starts here

Martin Wiedmann Ph.D., D.V.M. Melanie Neumann J.D., M.Sc

January 14, 2021

Benefits of applying enterprise risk management (ERM) strategies to identify, assess, and manage food safety risks.

Incorporating Risk Assessment in the Food Safety Plan

Michael Cramer CQA

October 6, 2020

It is critical to incorporate both a Hazard Analysis and a risk assessment into your company’s food safety plan.

Who's Managing The Safety of Food Delivery?

Barbara B. VanRenterghem, Ph.D

October 1, 2020

Is the food delivery sector falling through the cracks?

Elevating Food Safety Using Enterprise Risk Management Principles: A Primer

Melanie Neumann J.D., M.Sc Martin Wiedmann Ph.D., D.V.M.

June 24, 2020

There are several definitions for enterprise risk management (ERM), all of which reflect ERM as a vital risk management process, with food safety as the top priority.

Strategies for Organizing Environmental Monitoring Data for Optimal Trending and Root-Cause Analysis

Christopher M. Showalter Eva Zaring Nancy Dobmeier CQA, CHA

December 16, 2019

Trending environmental monitoring data can help with a root-cause analysis to uncover the origins of the positive finding and may inform the mitigation strategy.

Hygienic Zoning in Food Manufacturing Factories

Duane Grassmann

October 17, 2019

The design of a robust hygienic zoning program is the result of a thorough risk assessment.

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Beyond HACCP and Preventive Controls: Promoting True Risk-Based Thinking Tied to Public Health Outcomes

Study: Text Mining Approaches for Postmarket Food Safety Surveillance Using Online Media

FSAI Identifies Emerging Food Safety Risks

Microbiological Risk Assessment: Origins, Current Status, and Future Challenges

Using Simulations to Identify and Characterize Food Safety Enterprise Risks

Incorporating Risk Assessment in the Food Safety Plan

Who's Managing The Safety of Food Delivery?

Elevating Food Safety Using Enterprise Risk Management Principles: A Primer

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