food safety – Page 6 – Nuno F. Soares

Food safety schemes such as FSSC 22000 have become an absolute necessity for food business operators. Many of them have taken up voluntary food safety certification not only to protect their consumers but also to comply with regulations, standards and customer requirements. The recent history of the FSSC 22000 scheme and its main landmarks are [...]

Good Manufacturing Practices: Scientific please!

February 1, 2017

Use of alcohol-based handrubs can be prohibited according to religious beliefs. During the implementation of food safety systems and particularly on personnel hygiene and health status requirements we often come across with considerations that condition the application of good practices, based on cultural, religious or legal issues. An interesting publication by WHO (Guidelines on Hand Hygiene [...]

Management commitment: sentenced to be!

January 1, 2017

Recent jail sentences to food safety companies’ owners or managers may change the management commitment paradigms Food safety is more than guaranteeing that food does not cause harm to the health of consumers it is also the way food companies ensure their business sustainability. The consequences to their image and costs associated with possible [...]

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FSSC 22000 version 4: The main changes that organizations should know about!

Good Manufacturing Practices: Scientific please!

Management commitment: sentenced to be!