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Food safety news

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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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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Words into Actions – moving from inspections to process based Assessments

– 18th Feb 2010

ISO 22000, PAS 220 and FSSC 22000 are changing the world of Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) assessments.

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175 Delegates attend LRQA Food Sector Webinar - View the recorded version!

– 18th Feb 2010

The 60 minute webinar delivered by a leading Food safety expert, featured over 175 delegates. Find out more and view the recorded webinar.

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Cor Groenveld Global Food Safety Podcast

– 8th Feb 2010 by Alex Briggs

Cor Groenveld, LRQA’s global food safety expert, delivered a presentation at the Washington D.C. Global Food Safety Conference. His presentation on the Food Supply Chain was one of the highlights of the world’s largest food safety conference.
Cor is also the chairman of the Foundation for Food Safety Certification, the owners of FSSC 22000.

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LRQA Food Assurance Podcast - Day Two -Global Food Safety Conference

– 4th Feb 2010 by Alex Briggs

On day two of the Global Food Safety Conference in Washington, D.C., we talked to Vel Pillay, LRQA’s food safety expert for the Americas. Vel talked about the road that LRQA has taken to FSSC 22000 and what lies ahead. Visit our food blog throughout the month of February for more information from the event.

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Global Food Safety Conference - live on Day one - podcast

– 3rd Feb 2010 by Alex Briggs

The Global Food Safety Conference is the world’s leading global food sector event. With over 700 delegates attending the Washington D.C. event, food safety issues are being addressed at the highest levels.
We are live at the event, with daily blogs, podcasts and news stories.

On day one, we interviewed Cor Groenveld, LRQA’s leading global food sector expert, Andrew Smith, LRQA’s Senior Vice-President, Americas and Martin Brown, LRQA’s Vice-President for the Americas.. Visit our blog throughout February 2010 for daily blogs on issues affecting the food sector.

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Environment Secretary says we must all take responsibility for our food

– 11th Jan 2010

Hilary Benn is the Environment Secretary and Leeds Central MP. This is an edited extract of a speech that he delivered last week at the Oxford Farming Conference.

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China’s food safety policy under scrutiny again

– 9th Jan 2010

Fresh questions have been raised about China’s food safety policy after it emerged that officials waited almost a year before going public with its latest probe into alleged melamine contamination in milk.

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