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Food safety blog

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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Food Safety and Business Assurance

18th Feb 2010

“Recently, a food manufacturing client asked me why they needed a FSSC 22000 management system certification and Business Assurance from LRQA. The conversation was all about “what could a certified management system approach offer that a checklist approach could not?” Read the full blog!

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TRUST comes by Food and leaves by Horse

12th Feb 2010

“A deliberate typo in relation to last week’s Global Food Safety Conference. Yet a relevant typo, as the issue is ‘who do you trust?’ I will explain later.”

Day Ten’s blogger is Ronald de Kok, LRQA.

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Final thoughts from the Global Food Safety Conference

12th Feb 2010 by Alex Briggs

This podcast is an interview with Robert DuPuy. Robert is the Vice-President of Sales and Training for LRQA USA. Robert joined LRQA in 2007. Robert has brought a revolutionary approach to the certification industry, with his insight and extensive IT experience helping shape Business Assurance in the USA. On the final day of the Global Food Safety Conference in Washington, D.C., we talked to Robert about his take on the event and organisations in attendance.

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GFSI, FSSC 22000 and Washington, D.C.

11th Feb 2010 by Cor Groenveld

Cor talks about his recent visit to the Global Food safety event in Washington and specifically talks about FSSC 22000, GFSI and more.

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LRQA Food Assurance Podcast

2nd Feb 2010 by Alex Briggs

Andrew Smith is LRQA’s Senior Vice-President for the Americas. In this interview, he talks about some of the key issues that global food organisations are facing. He also talks about the shift from inspections audits to process audits that is addressing the issue of food safety.

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Latest food scare raises call for traceability

26th Jan 2010 by Alex Briggs

The 1.25 million pound salami recall by Daniele Inc. and the associated outbreak have once again raised questions about traceability. This Food Safety News article highlights the seriousness of the issue.

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Food Sector Key to Sustainable Supply Chain -Oxfam

27th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs

In this FoodNavigator.com article, Dr Lea Borkenhagen, head of Oxfam’s Sustainable Livelihoods Strategy, said, “The food and beverage industry is at the forefront of change due to their reliance on agricultural goods at the top of the supply chain.”

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US Food Safety Bill passes Senate vote

20th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs

The US Senate approved the Food Safety Bill yesterday, bringing the bill to its final hurdle. The House of Representatives is not likely to being debating the bill until next year, with their approval meaning the bill would effectively pass into law, as President Obama is a vocal proponent of the bill.

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LRQA Business Assurance ISO 14001 Podcast – ALcontrol Case Study

15th Sep 2009 by Alex Briggs

ALcontrol is one of Europe’s leading environmental and food testing organisations. David Doherty, ALcontrol’s Health & Safety and Environmental Manager talked to us about their ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems implementation and certification. Listen in as David talks about tangible benefits, internal and external, financial and non-financial, short and long-term, that ALcontrol’s LRQA certified ISO 14001 EMS has delivered.

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