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17 Jun 2021
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Smart Compliance
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ The number of options within our food and beverage portfolio continues to expand to ensure we are delighting consumers and meeting their needs. At the same time, our food world is more connected than ever and people’s trust in our brands is ever dependent on our company’s ability to deliver every serving of […]
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11 Jun 2021
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Keeping our guard up against foodborne illness
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ It can seem challenging to find positive takeaways from the COVID-19 pandemic, but there’s one silver lining for the food industry that’s worth noting: a drop in foodborne illness. In the last year, studies have shown our global measures to protect against coronavirus —wearing face coverings, physical distancing, enhancing hygiene and disinfection practices […]
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18 May 2021
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How Does a Globally Complex Supply Chain Impact Food Safety?
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ At this year’s GFSI Conference, I was fortunate to lead a fireside chat with Rick Buttner, Senior Director of Supply Chain Operations for Subway’s Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC). The intent of this discussion was to help our peers consider the implications of an increasingly global and complex supply chain on food safety, and […]
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10 May 2021
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Have You Invested Enough in Food Safety Training?
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ I recently had the pleasure of attending the 2021 GFSI Conference. The Conference, held virtually for the first time, was marked by several excellent sessions that embodied the Conference’s theme this year: Rethink, Reset, and Recharge. Diversey, a Diamond Sponsor of the event, opted to focus on the reset button by hosting a […]
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29 Apr 2021
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How Global Data Can Help the Food Industry Improve Food Safety
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ When was the last time you touched your phone? A recent study has revealed how obsessed we are when it comes to our mobiles. On average, we touch them 2,617 times a day – with some people tapping, typing, swiping and clicking up to 5,427 times a day. Technology has accelerated at a […]
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14 Apr 2021
People and Technology Are the Heart and Future of Auditing
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ After the conference, it’s time to reflect on the common trends of moving forward after a year of disruption and how technology and auditors will continue to move GFSI forward, especially in terms of trust and confidence in auditing. My colleagues and I had a great experience at this year’s GFSI Conference, held […]
Blog
09 Apr 2021
Food Safety Culture
Connecting the Dots to Measurable Food Safety
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ Almost all foods that are produced, served, and sold have a level of risk that if not handled properly may lead to a product potentially becoming unsafe. As food safety professionals it is our responsibility to design and manage food safety programs that identify and reduce these risks. Managing and measuring food safety […]
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31 Mar 2021
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The Time to Digitise is Now
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ While the COVID-19 pandemic has created many obstacles for the food industry, enterprising manufacturers are speeding up their digitization plans to overcome these barriers. In the process, they are realizing that new digital tools can have transformative effects across their organisations. Digital technologies aren’t just providing short term benefits. They are changing the […]
Blog
22 Mar 2021
GFSI
Food Safety Culture Starts with You
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ How does an organization create culture? How do you play a role in igniting the drive for a Food Safety Culture? We make a wide range of enjoyable foods that delight consumers. Those of us responsible anywhere in the farm-to-fork chain are satisfying a desire for consumers with our brands. Those of us […]
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19 Mar 2021
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Food safety in times of crisis: Has the pandemic changed our supply chain management approach?
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ Consumers rely on us for food to be provided safely under any circumstances. When forced to tackle something as invasive and prolonged as the pandemic, how is the industry tackling the challenge and are lessons learned impacting supply chain strategies? Food fraud, cross-contamination and defense risks, as well as increased food declaration and […]
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18 Mar 2021
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Can we predict the next food safety recall?
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ Who doesn’t love sesame seeds? They are a popular ingredient in many cuisines and bakery products around the world thanks to their deliciously nutty, slightly sweet taste and aroma which can be enhanced by toasting. Unfortunately, sesame seed containing products have been undergoing a massive recall in Europe since September 2020. The reason? […]
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17 Mar 2021
Global Markets
Happy Anniversary to the Global Markets Awards!
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ It has already been five years since Mitch Chait, CEO and founder of Greenfence, and GFSI created a vision for the Global Markets Awards. In this vision, the awards would not only be a means for recognition for those who successfully led their companies on the path to safer food but would also […]
Blog
11 Mar 2021
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Embracing Technology to Drive Food Safety Forward
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ 2020 has brought many unexpected challenges – for the food and beverage industry and for us as individuals – that no one could have predicted. But we rallied, we stepped up and we re-envisioned. Despite all the change, people and organizations found their centers. We met disruptions with disruptive solutions. NSF’s focus remained […]
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10 Mar 2021
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Operational Visibility with AI-Driven Processes: Connecting Food Safety to Global Sustainability
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ Artificial intelligence elevates digital food safety management solutions, enabling unprecedented visibility into operations and automated control over processes to connect food safety to fields such as sustainability. I am a child of Generation X, the generation before the so-called ‘digital natives.’ I grew up in the pre-digitized era. As a teenager, I […]
Blog
08 Mar 2021
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Back to Basics: Sanitation Process Execution is Key
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ Sometime between 2200 BC and 2800 BC, humans made soap for the first time. A simple recipe calling for oil, water and alkali was carved into a tablet. It is profound that the world is still using basically the same approach humanity discovered millennia ago; washing our hands with soap and agitation. Sure, […]
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05 Mar 2021
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Preparing for Traceability Regulations and Supply Chain Digitization
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ On September 21, 2020, the U.S. FDA proposed a new rule that lays the foundation for end-to-end food traceability for high risk foods. As an enhancement to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) passed in 2011, the rule will not only create a formal approach to traceability recordkeeping, but it will also […]
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