Food safety

FSSC 22000

FSSC 22000 version 4.1. What’s new?

Last July FSSC22000 launched version 4.1 from its international food safety and quality management system certification scheme. According to the [...]

November 1, 2017

Audits

Unannounced and (increasingly) unexpected audits of food safety standards

This article was first published in Quality Progress Magazine (September 2017), the flagship publication of American Society for Quality I [...]

October 1, 2017

Pests · Prerequisites

Pest management in food industry and how BRC, IFS, SQF and FSSC 22000 address it.

The consequences of poor pest management are real, affecting not only businesses’ reputation but also their bottom lines. In [...]

September 1, 2017

Prerequisites · Water

Use of water in the food industry and how BRC, IFS, SQF and FSSC 22000 manage it!

Independently from the source, the use of water in the production of food must guarantee that it does not introduce [...]

July 1, 2017

Allergens · FSSC 22000

Cross-Contamination and Allergens: if you cannot avoid, manage it!

All efforts of an organization should be on preventing cross-contamination, since identifying it is difficult and usually expensive. Cross-Contamination [...]

June 1, 2017