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15th Feb 2012 by Cor Groenveld
We have seen a very big change when you look at the approach of certification and audits and I think a very positive change. When we started with certification in the food supply chain it was more about inspection; we had the inspection bodies, they came in with a check list and what they did was to simply ‘tick the box’.
14th Feb 2012 by JChowdhury
The food sector increasingly relies on independent, robust third party certification. And not just to protect brands and businesses from prosecutions and health scares- especially relevant given the recent Cantaloupe Listeria Monocytogenes outbreak in the US and the Salmonella Newport outbreak in the UK – but also to drive improvements and secure competitive advantage. A [...]
11th Jan 2012 by JChowdhury
LRQA has been awarded a global licence from the Foundation for Food Safety Certification to deliver FSSC 22000 training. As an approved Training Organisation, LRQA is now listed on www.fssc22000.com. This is a significant step for our food service offering as it means that LRQA can now deliver commercial FSSC 22000 training courses. Cor Groenveld, [...]
24th Nov 2011
INOFOOD is the largest international food safety conference in Chile, and the event is packed with organizations that operate across the food supply chain in South America and around the world.
24th Nov 2011
LRQA Chile is pleased to sponsor this week’s INOFOOD 2011 International Food Safety Conference in Santiago, and proud to be the only certification body sponsoring and selected to speak at this extremely important event for the South American food supply chain.
24th Nov 2011
In this LRQA podcast series, Vel Pillay joins Michael Ramdohr, Business Manager for LRQA South America to discuss the INOFOOD event and the increasing interest in FSSC 22000 and PAS 223 across South America.
4th Nov 2011 by JChowdhury
I am in Beijing this week where I attended the China International Food Safety & Quality Conference last Wednesday and Thursday. This conference is organised annually and it is the fifth edition. I was in China the first time in 2003 to conduct a food safety audit and during other visits in the last 8 [...]
12th Oct 2011 by JChowdhury
Cor Groenveld, LRQA Global Product Manager Food Services reports live from the LRQA Food Event being held in Tokyo; “Today I am at the LRQA Food Event in Tokyo. This event has been organised by LRQA Japan to inform food organisations on the current status and new developments regarding standards, audits and certification in the [...]
11th Oct 2011
This event is organised by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) to provide information on their activities and new developments in the food supply chain. There are over 200 delegates representing several food supply chain stakeholders including manufacturers, retailers, food service, certification scheme owners, certification bodies, consultants and trading companies.
10th Oct 2011 by JChowdhury
Yoshihisa Onishi, Consultant at Japan FSMS Assessment and Registration Body (JFARB), discusses the purpose FSSC 22000 and how it can improve food safety. “In Japan, the spread of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) was promoted by establishment of the “Total Hygiene Controlled Manufacturing Process Approval System”. When ISO 22000 was issued in 2005, [...]
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