How to set food safety objectives
Food safety objectives are the goals that your food business sets around producing and providing safe and suitable food to your customers. They can be seen as the guiding principles that you can then build [...]
How to avoid stupid audit non-conformances
Stupid audit non-conformances can be easily avoided. Any type of audit of your work systems and practices can be a daunting process to go through. After 20+ years of auditing regulatory, compliance and certification standards, [...]
How to improve food handler compliance
The level of food handler compliance can mean the difference between success or failure. From time to time I have to deal with staff who have not followed the correct business procedures. This can be [...]
How to implement a strong food safety culture in your business
A strong food safety culture comes from all staff within a food business understanding the importance of making safe food and committing to doing whatever it takes, every time. In this post, find out the [...]
Common reasons for food allergen recalls
Food allergen recalls continue to top the list of the most common type of recall experienced by the food industry. This has been reiterated this week at the 2017 Food Allergen Management Symposium and Asia [...]
7 ways to stop unauthorized access to your food premises
Preventing unauthorized access is a basic food defence strategy that every food business should be implementing. But how far do you go and what could be consequence if you do nothing? In this post, find [...]
How to manage food rework in your business
Food rework practices can vary from food business to food business. Depending on your industry category, using food rework may be a daily activity, where for others, the practice maybe be a little more sporadic. [...]
Top 5 Food Supplier Verification Activities
Food supplier verification forms an important part of your overall food safety program. As a food business, you need to ensure that the raw materials or food ingredients that you are provided, are not coming [...]
How to prevent food allergen cross contact
Food allergen cross contact can contribute to your food business having to recall your food product from the market-place due to undeclared allergens. In this post, gain a greater understanding of allergen cross contact and [...]
Essentials of a food product changeover process
Implementing an effective food product changeover process is essential for all food businesses that manufacture multiple products. Without it, not only could your customer be at risk of food injury but your food business could [...]
How to review your HACCP food safety plan
Your food safety plan is your navigation map for ensuring that customers only receive safe and suitable food. It makes perfect sense that this food safety plan should be current and correct at all times, [...]
Understanding gluten free food requirements
Gluten free food has been in the spotlight over the past few weeks. With the popularity and health associations attached to gluten free food consumption, any wonder food manufacturing sales teams want to get on [...]
Food Safety Validation for your business
Food safety validation is integral in making sure that all the strategies we implement to produce safe food is actually going to work. Food safety validation is a requirement of any of the GFSI recognized [...]
Top 7 food safety compliance costs
Have you ever wondered how much food safety compliance costs your food business? When a new client contacts me requesting a quote to develop a food safety program for their food business, I always try [...]
How to choose a food safety certification standard
It can be a confusing state when you are faced with having to choose what is the best 3rd party food safety certification standard for your food business. In this post, I hope to give [...]
