This dimension differentiates food safety culture from the broader organizational culture. Recognizing actual and potential hazards and risks at all levels and functions represents a key element to building and sustaining a food safety culture. Basic scientific and technical information...
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The importance of developing a food safety culture: How can you meet audit requirements and regulatory expectations? How can you ensure every employee is committed to practicing the right behaviors all the time? Earlier we looked at a wide range...
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Quality Audit Systems in Food Safety Management System: A systematic and independent examination to determine whether activities and related results comply with planned arrangements and whether these arrangements are implemented effectively to achieve objectives Typically performed at defined intervals (monthly,...
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What is a Food Recall? Food producers use many controls to ensure the safety of their products. Despite their best efforts, however, sometimes unsafe food products, or those that do not meet legislative requirements, make their way into the marketplace....
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As the food industry, we are expected not only to provide food to all but also ensure it is safe for consumption. Food is necessary for our health and survival, providing us with energy and nutrients we need, and consumers...
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Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certification ensures the integrity of your food manufacturing process as well as your compliance with food safety regulations. Assurance of the safety and quality of food is an important consideration for consumers today. A GMP is...
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Introduction: Food on sale for human consumption must be wholesome, unadulterated, uncontaminated, properly labelled and fit for human consumption. Violation of the provisions in these regards may lead to regulatory action against the concerned FBO under the Act, or rules...
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To strengthen the food safety surveillance system, FSSAI has envisaged audits of Food Business Operators through Private Auditing Agencies. In order to cultivate and foster the growth of compliance culture, FSSAI is enabling compliance through private recognised Auditing Agencies. Food...
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About Food Safety Inspection based on Schedule IV: To provide assurance of food safety, Food businesses must implement an effective Food Safety Management System (FSMS) based on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) and suitable pre- requisite programmes by...
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FSSAI has issued a guidance document on Food Safety Management System (FSMS) to implement GMP (good manufacturing practices)/GHP (good hygiene practices) requirements for food products. The document, based on the product category, can be used by the FBOs (food business...
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What is ISO 22000 (FSMS) Certification? ISO 22000 is a Food Safety Management System that can be applied to any organization in the food chain, farm to fork. Becoming certified to ISO 22000 allows a company to show their customers that...
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What is HACCP? HACCP is a tool for identifying what can go wrong to make food unsafe for human consumption and then deciding how it can be prevented. Before HACCP is addressed, a Pre-requisite Programme must be put in place...
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Food Safety and Standard Authority of India has to ensure training of persons who are, or intend to become involved in food businesses, whether as food business operators or employees or otherwise. It has accordingly been decided that it would...
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Introduction to IFS Food Certification: International Featured Standard (IFS) Certification Standard is a GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) recognized standard for auditing food manufacturers. The focus is on food safety and the quality of processes and products. It concerns food processing...
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What is FSSC 22000 Standard? Combined with the ISO 22000 Food Safety Management standard with the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 220 or ISO/TS 22002-1: Part-1 Food Manufacturing and other additional requirements or ISO/TS 22002-1: Part-2 Packaging Requirement and other additional...
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Why BRCGS? The company was founded in 1996 by retailers who wanted to harmonize food safety standards across the supply chain. Today we are globally recognized across both food and non-food categories and operate the most rigorous third party certification...
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