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8th Jul 2009 by Alex Briggs
The July 1st Food Safety Webinar from LRQA is now available for listening, viewing and downloading.
The entire session is available as a recorded Webex here.
You can also view the webinar in parts with each of the sections being uploaded individually. The first sections will be uploaded tomorrow, covering all of the opening session, “Food Safety Issues and Standards.”
27th Apr 2009
This FREE LRQA webinar features one of the world’s leading food safety experts, Cor Groenveld. Cor is the chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Food Safety Certification, the organisation that is currently developing FSSC 22000, the certification scheme covering ISO 22000, the global food safety standard and PAS 220, the recently published document [...]
Event: 29th Apr 2009
This webinar features one of the world’s leading food safety experts, Cor Groenveld. Cor is the chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Food Safety Certification, the organisation that is currently developing FSSC 22000, the certification scheme covering ISO 22000, the global food safety standard and PAS 220, the recently published document that addresses specific food manufacturing requirements that were not included in ISO 22000.
14th Apr 2009 by Alex Briggs
Kraft, one of the world’s largest food brands, has spoken out on the importance of an effective, customised food safety management system. A company spokesman said, To be effective, food safety plans must be tailored to each particular product and manufacturing condition. He also added that Kraft was committed to continious improvement, stating There is [...]
24th Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs
Today’s Business Assurance topic is food safety. This link highlights the origins of HACCP , the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points Technique that is used around the world to help organisations to identify effective control measures for food safety.
It is our thought of the day today due to the involvement of NASA in the creation of HACCP. We asked our Food section editor, Cor Groenveld, if he could tell us why NASA would place such a high level of importance on food safety.
17th Mar 2009 by Alex Briggs
Each year, about 76 million people in the United States are sickened by contaminated food, hundreds of thousands are hospitalized and about 5,000 die, public health experts estimate.
US President Barack Obama has named a new FDA head and deputy, as well as outlined budgetary plans that will place Food Safety at the top of the agenda.
9th Feb 2009
Breaking news at the event was the submission of the ISO 22000 / PAS 220 certification scheme for GFSI (retailer) approval.
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