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US: Social license: what it means for food safety
Food Safety Magazine: A new word has entered the lexicon of agrifood businesses: social license. Social license is described as the privilege of operating with minimal formalized restrictions (legislation, regulation or market requirements) based on building and maintaining public trust. Not a bad idea.
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NZ: Kiwifruit stalwart flying the organic flag
stuff.co.nz: You’d be hard-pressed to find someone more qualified to talk about kiwifruit than Doug Voss.
In addition to almost 40 years growing the fruit himself, he has held just about every senior position the kiwifruit industry offers, domestically and internationally.
In addition to almost 40 years growing the fruit himself, he has held just about every senior position the kiwifruit industry offers, domestically and internationally.
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US: Can the FSMA improve safety of frozen berry production?
FPSC: Can the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) provide a framework to improve practices and boost exports for Chilean raspberry producers?
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AU: Register now for Melbourne Markets Professional Development Event: Fresh Produce Testing for Food Safety
12 October 2016
The Fresh Produce Safety Centre is running a professional development event to improve understanding and utilisation of fresh produce testing for food safety.
DE: Bananas set for fresh-cut segment?
Fruitnet: A new shelf-life-boosting innovation from Germany’s Food Freshly should finally enable consumers to enjoy fresh-cut bananas minus the peel.
Bananas finally appear destined to join the fresh-cut segment on supermarket shelves thanks to a new shelf-life-extending treatment developed by German food preservation specialist Food Freshly.
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US: Florida tomato conference: unified safety audit close to reality
The Packer: Audit fatigue may be close to ending. Growers and packers participating in food safety training at the Florida Joint Tomato Conference heard some good news about the ending multiple audits.
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CA: Greenhouse innovations have drastically improved food safety
Jim Dimenna / Food Safety News: Food safety is a key pillar of the greenhouse operations for each grower. Any type of food safety risk impacts not only the grower operations, but our competitors, and most importantly, consumers.
Read Article →AU: Everything you need to know about food poisoning, tummy bugs and use-by dates
ABC News: We spoke to experts about food poisoning, tummy bugs, expiry dates and human tendency to hedge our food bets as part of National Science Week. Many bacteria that cause food poisoning already exist in the guts of animals or in raw food.
Read Article →AU: What does Pokemon Go mean for the supply chain of the future?
Sydney Morning Herald: It’s easy to dismiss Pokemon Go as an online fad without application to business. But it’s really the start of the augmented reality trend, which is set to shake up every industry and has particular application for distribution and supply chains.
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FR: ICT making food safety advances possible – FAO
Food Quality News: Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) are leading to improvements in food security and safety in Asia and the Pacific, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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