The management systems community
27th Feb 2012
I believe that employees must not only be made aware of the big picture, but must also understand the vision and objectives of the organization and their responsibility vis-à-vis food safety. My experience has also shown that a well-thought-out management system to help achieve this objective is crucial.
21st Feb 2012 by Alex Briggs
In the US, two food safety crises over the past three years have led certain interested parties to question the role and even complicity of both second and third party certification industry in managing risks in the food supply chain – LRQA discusses independent third party audits and why they are a good for food [...]
20th Feb 2012 by Cor Groenveld
Manufacturers and retailers see the benefits of a harmonised approach and they are more and more willing to work together. This is essential because this is the only way to achieve harmonisation.
16th Feb 2012
LRQA’s Cor Groenveld and Vel Pillay join the GFSI’s leading expert on auditor competency, Bill McBride, in this podcast on auditor competency.
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 [...]
2nd Feb 2012
GFSI Orlando brings together leading food safety specialists from some of the world’s leading organisations to advance food safety globally.
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, [...]
Event: 15th Feb 2012 – 17th Feb 2012 by JChowdhury
LRQA is a premium sponsor of the Global Food Safety Conference 2012 organised by the Consumer Goods Forum and themed ‘Advancing Global Food safety Through Collaboration’. It will take place in Orlando (USA), from February 15 to 17. Over 1,000 food safety specialists from more than 60 countries are expected to join the conference in [...]
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.
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