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05 May 2022
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Taking Steps Toward Food Supply Chain Sustainability
GFSI’s 2022 theme — Delivering Impact for Safe Sustainable Food — inspired a panel discussion I moderated on how sustainability helps build resilient food supply chains. Panelists from Carrefour, Restaurant Brands International (RBI), and Organic Valley reviewed how their climate, waste reduction, animal welfare, and other sustainability efforts increase supply chain strength. Panel Discusses Supply […]
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27 Apr 2022
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Leveraging Pandemic Learnings For Our Food Environments
It’s just over two years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. While many of us have adjusted to living in a pandemic world, it’s important that, as we try to get “back to normal,” we take a critical look at what we have experienced, how our world has changed and how to […]
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20 Apr 2022
GFSI Conference
Top 3 Reasons to Find a Pest Control Provider That Can Offer Pest Traceability
Accurately tracing a pest infestation throughout an entire supply chain is no easy task. Not all pest control providers are capable of this service, but it is crucial to those in the food processing and manufacturing industries–especially when international shipping is involved. Here are the top three reasons why you should prioritize finding a pest […]
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23 Mar 2022
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Key Considerations for Food Supply Chain Sustainability Assurance Programs
This year’s GFSI theme, Delivering Impact for Safe Sustainable Food, sparked an interesting question for me: How can any company, regardless of circumstances, magnify its ability to provide safe and sustainable food? One solution that contributes to this goal is a supply chain sustainability assurance program (SCSAP). Two primary components must come together to ensure […]
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21 Mar 2022
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Sustainable Food Safety in a Changing Labor Market
Many of our conversations about sustainability focus on natural resources, and rightfully so. We have an obligation to care for the environment in which we live, especially when that environment is growing and raising our food. However, the last several years have shown it is also crucial to consider the sustainability of the systems that […]
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18 Mar 2022
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Advancing Supply Chain Visibility to Reach New Levels of Food Safety
At the heart of today’s food safety and supply chain challenges is a lack of visibility. Because of paper-based record-keeping and fragmented data systems, achieving real-time supply chain visibility has been difficult. When data is not digitized and accurate, it cannot be easily exchanged among trading partners, creating inefficient supply chains. With continued supply chain […]
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16 Mar 2022
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Pest Control and Organic Facilities
Pest control in organic certified facilities requires a specialist approach to take account of the organic nature of the commodity. Just as non-organic facilities need to be protected from pests, so do organic certified facilities. Certified organic facilities are just protected in a different way. You need a partner that knows how to create an […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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