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Did you know that conducting a thorough gap assessment is an adequate way for food businesses to improve their chances of achieving a favorable audit result?
“Great companies are built on great products” are words by Elon Musk. Do you know what goes on behind-the-scenes of product development to build great food products?
Did the 2023 ‘ sushi terrorism’ food hygiene incidents that put the Japanese restaurant industry under extreme scrutiny catch your attention? If not, let’s have a quick look at it.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, is a famous saying emphasizing the importance of preventing a risk before it becomes an issue. For instance, over 200 types of foodborne diseases can happen from contamination anywhere along the food supply chain, causing about 600 million (1 in 10 people) around the globe to fall ill every year. These severe consequences of food-borne diseases could have been avoided or minimized through statistical sampling during hazard control and verification.
Do you remember the salmonella outbreak that occurred back in 2010 due to numerous food safety lapses attributed to inadequate training protocols, which sickened hundreds of people and led to the recall of 380 million eggs?
Do you wish to get rid of the heaps of record binders at your office and avoid running through binder after binder to demonstrate compliance during audits? When the world is going digital, why not your records?
Did you know that between 2002 and 2019, a total of 22,459 pathogen/toxin violations were found in food imports from 110 different countries to the U.S., according to a 2021 study conducted by the USDA Economic Research Service?
Have you ever heard the idiom, ‘To err is human’? Being human means we all make mistakes, and we are expected to learn from them. But some human errors made in regard to food safety practices could cost severe consequences for consumer health and food companies.
Are you aware that the FDA data shows the average count for identifying a product source without a lot code is about 35 days compared to 6 days when there is a lot code? During the 2018 E.Coli outbreak in Romaine Lettuce, possible identification of the source took more than 7 days costing five lives, 96 hospitalizations and a total of 210 infected people. In addition, it is estimated that an average recall costs more than $10 million. Due to the severe consequences to the consumer’s health and safety from a recalled product, timely tracing and withdrawal from the supply chain is critical for any food safety management system. The most recent traceability policy rolled out by FDA is the much needed tool to reduce the recall risk and impact.
Did you know that the world population reached 8 billion on 15th November 2022, as estimated by the United Nations? While the phenomenon marks an important milestone in human advancement, we shouldn’t forget that a higher population means food security needs to be stronger than ever. Considering that the global volume of food wastage is about 1.6 billion tonnes, out of which edible portion accounts for 1.3 billion tonnes, we should begin to anticipate the forthcoming challenges for the global food sector to combat world hunger and operate by ensuring food sustainability.
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