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Business assurance

Telling your food safety story

– 11th Mar 2010

An article on QSRweb looks at the food safety concerns and also delves into a recent survey which found that 40 percent of respondents were at least as concerned about food safety as they were a few years ago.

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Only one in three Americans feels the food they buy is safe

– 10th Mar 2010

Washington-based Make Our Food Safe sites a CBS News series poll that found only one in three Americans feels the food they buy is safe.

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Confessions of a convert: What I learnt from the ISO 14001

– 9th Mar 2010

Stephen Bentley, chief executive of Granby Marketing Services, explains how the popular environment management standard, ISO 14001, won him over, in this recent article.

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Lost faith in the climate change science underpinning drastic actions

– 8th Mar 2010

Esther Williams, an environmental press officer for aid agency Tearfund, comments on the recent scepticism.

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Canada Adopts ISO 31000 Risk Management Standard

– 5th Mar 2010

Canada has adopted the ISO 31000 Risk Management standard, CSA Standards announced February 4th 2010.

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Climate pioneer backs tax on carbon, nuclear power

– 5th Mar 2010

The scientist who first convinced the world that climate change was a problem has backed a Greens’ proposal for a carbon tax as the only solution being offered in Canberra.

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Catherine Francois, Director of Food Programmes, Consumer Goods Forum, Interview

– 26th Feb 2010 by Alex Briggs

Catherine Francois, Director of Food Programmes, Consumer Goods Forum, Interview On the final day of February, LRQA’s Food Month, we bring you an interview with Catherine Francois, Director Food Safety Programmes, Consumer Goods Forum. Catherine is one of the most influential figures in the world of food safety. This podcast features her thoughts on certification, the GFSI’s role in harmonising global food safety standards and the Global Food Safety Conference.

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Brazil and the Food Sector, one step at a time

– 22nd Feb 2010

Our blogger for day 16 is Luiz Bueno da Silva, LRQA São Paulo Business Centre Manager. Luiz has been with the Lloyd’s Register Group since 1975. He joined LRQA in 1991 and was named Sao Paulo Business Centre Manager in 2007.

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Doing more with much less

– 22nd Feb 2010

Even with the falling birth rates and emigration, some Asian countries are struggling to feed the poor. Poverty and hunger may cause political instability and will slow down economic growth. The UN also noted that food stability will be a key issue to the Asian growth story.”

Our blogger today is Richard Gunawan, Area Business Development Manager LRQA Asia.

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A Webinar and a Lecture

– 22nd Feb 2010

Our blogger today is Cor Groenveld. Cor talks about his recent food safety webinar.

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