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US: Produce Safety a hot topic at Global Food Safety Initiative’s 2017 Conference
Chicago Tribune: Last month, Deirdre Schlunegger, Stop Foodborne Illness’ CEO, joined a panel of experts at the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) 2017 conference to discuss produce safety, a hot topic for food industry professionals. The Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule, (first proposed in January 2013) is now final and farms are implementing the rule’s mandates.
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US: Scientists may be able to test food safety with a smartphone
Food and Wine: To test whether food contains the harmful bacteria E. coli, scientists place samples of the questionable sustenance in culture dishes to see if germ-filled colonies form. They wait for days—two or three, to be exact—to know whether the food is safe to eat, or whether it should be pulled from shelves. But new technology could speed up the food-safety testing process to mere moments, according to research from MIT.
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AU/NZ: Technology taking on food counterfeiters
Shepparton News: As China’s middle class develops a taste for imported food and drink, produce suppliers in Australia and New Zealand are looking to anti-counterfeiting technology to protect their growing business from counterfeit foods.
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US: Does your food safety auditor have the right stuff?
Heena Patel / SCS Global:Â It goes without saying that the best food safety auditors are those with lots of experience in the field. Experienced auditors take an early read on whether senior management treats the audit seriously…
Read Article →CA: Protect your brand from food fraud
Global Food Safety Resource: The global economic value of counterfeiting and piracy is estimated to reach $2.3 trillion by 2022, and account for the loss of 5 million jobs.
Read Article →US: China’s food safety plan includes alignment with international standards
World Grain: China has outlined steps it plans to take to ensure food safety, including aligning its standards with international standards and launching a risk alert system, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) said in a March report.
Read Article →US: Why companies should do internal audits during off hours
Food Engineering: Third-party auditors rarely come into food plants during night shifts, which really is a mistake, as this is when many conduct cleanup.
Read Article →NZ: Could barcodes be a thing of the past?
Fresh Plaza: Dataphyll is a start up company in New Zealand which has been developing a product for the horticultural industry called Binwise.
Read Article →US: What do food facility auditors really want?
Food Safety Tech: Third-party audits are critically important to food companies.
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CH: Food safety in a globalised world
Swiss Re: Has the number of recalls really increased? Is the severity of these recalls rising? How safe is food today in general? These were the questions we asked ourselves as far back as 2001, when the issue first appeared on our radar screen and we started working on it.
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