GMP site inspection ensures organizations’ pre-requisite programs are implemented and maintained to produce products of the highest quality and safety for consumers.FSSC 22000 version 5.1 clause 2.5.12 PRP Verification specifies the following requirements for GMP...
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Food Defense vs. Food Safety: Are They the Same?
Understanding the difference between food safety and food defense helps everyone detect and respond to contamination issues in your food manufacturing facility.Food defense vs. food safety, are they the same? When it comes to shielding your company and its customers...
Key Changes of MS1514:2022 Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) for Food
Food manufacturers must fulfill regulatory requirements related to hygiene and good manufacturing practices to successfully market their products as safe. As the MS 1514:2022 Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) has been released, let's take a look at what are the key...
How to Handle Food Allergens: 5 Keys to Success
Now more than ever, food allergies need to be recognized by food manufacturers. If not diagnosed and treated correctly, a food allergy can cause serious health issues. In the new MS1514:2022 GMP, one of the new requirements added is allergen control. It is defined...
4 Communication Tips that Help You Achieve Your Food Safety Goal
Leaders in the company must set the tone and support their staff in developing and maintaining the communication. - 5 mins readWhen it comes to communication with your interested parties on food safety, do you feel confident that every message and experience that...
Transform Food Safety Culture from Good to Great
Food safety culture is all about how an organization values their food safety. In order to build a great Food Safety Culture, we must ensure that the right people are in place. - 3 mins readFood safety culture has been a hot topic since the publication of FSSC 22000...
5 Tips to Create A Food Safety Culture
Food safety procedures must be in place to foster a strong safety culture. - 5 mins readThe Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) introduced the idea of a food safety culture in version 7 of its benchmarking requirements, bringing this topic to the forefront, since the...
Food Safety Culture is Everyone’s Responsibility
To succeed in your efforts to build a strong food safety culture, everyone in the business must understand their role in food safety and why it's important. - 5 mins readHow do you build a food safety culture in your company? Some may have dealt with the company's...
Guide of Risky Food Products Export to China
In China, the imported foods are divided into 4 risk levels, from low to high i.e. A, B, C, D. Different levels of supervision are adopted for foods with different risk levels. The medium to high risk imported food categories include:Meat products, aquatic products,...
What you need to know about the Supplement Market in China
Healthy living has become a priority for the majority of Chinese people, particularly millennials. In fact, Chinese culture has long emphasized the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Chinese people are also more likely to spend more on vitamins and health...
Beauty And Health Food Development And Its’ Market Application
Beauty, and health, begin and grows from within. This is something we have always known but it has only been in recent years that both the food and beauty industries have merged to form one larger beauty-from-within industry. - 2 mins readHave you seen such logo...
New Codex Code of Practice on Food Allergen Management: An Overview
Existing food allergen management practices should be reviewed on a regular basis to ensure that your program remains up-to-date, effective, and continue to assist in the production of a safe food product. - 5 mins readA food allergy is an immune system response to a...
Is Food Safety Management System a Magic Bullet for Your Organization?
It takes time to establish a food safety culture in any organization small or large. In fact, it can take years of hard work and dedication from everyone in an organization. It is only those organizations that truly embrace the change will reap the benefits. - 3 mins...
HACCP Validation, Verification and Monitoring- Did you know the Difference?
" When it comes to HACCP validation, verification and monitoring, wrapping our minds around it is crucial and not always easy." - 5 mins readIn the Codex HACCP 2020 standard, there is a guidance on 3.9 Establish a Monitoring System for Each CCP and 3.11 for Validation...
All you need to know about GACC Single Window Registration for F&B Manufacturers
In April 2021, China's General Administration of Customs China (GACC) issued Order 248 and Order 249. These two major regulations require all overseas F&B manufacturers exporting to China to register, before 1 January 2022, on a platform designated by GAC, and to...
Codex HACCP 2020- Are you Ready for the Changes?
On September 25, 2020, the Codex Alimentarius Commission adopted the revised Code of Practice (General Principles of Food Hygiene (CXC 1-1969) and its HACCP annex). In this post, find out about some of the changes that may impact your food business. - 5 mins readOn...
Food Safety is a Team Effort
" Building a positive food safety culture requires long-term effort, however, it always starts with a commitment. You can make a commitment to start the right way by measuring what is the current food safety culture in your organization. " - 5 mins readOne thing the...
Food Defense & Vulnerability Assessment 101
With the rise of food safety issues, relevant industries or regulators have developed the food safety management system to overcome the concerns. The system is designed to control, protect and improve the resilience of food supply chain towards food crimes and food...
Good Manufacturing Practices for Food
GMP are rules, codes and guidelines that govern the operating conditions in a food premise to enable safe food production. They are also essential to meeting food legislations (Food Act 1983, Food Regulations 1985 and Food Hygiene Regulation 2009) which are regulated...
Nexus TAC Newsletter- FSSC 22000 V5.1: Decoding Food Safety Culture
FSSC 22000 V5.1: Decoding Food Safety CultureThe newly released FSSC 22000 version 5.1 not only focuses on the laws and standards to regulate food safety, but it also goes beyond by introducing Food Safety Culture. The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) technical...