US-based provider of flexible packaging products and solutions Apple Converting has obtained Safety Quality Food (SQF) Level 2 Certification for food safety fundamentals and hazard analysis critical control points. The SQF certification ...
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SCS Global Services (SCS), a pioneer and industry leader in third-party auditing and certification of food quality and food safety claims, announced expanded laboratory capabilities and competitive pricing under its new testing arm, SCS ...
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A new study indicates that Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) used to ship fruit and vegetables in Canada pose a risk for contamination. The report, developed by a University of Guelph researcher, calls the possibility for ...
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Packaging systems specialist Ishida Europe is set to conduct a special event, where the latest innovations in food safety and quality control will be showcased, at its UK headquarters in Woodgate, Birmingham from 21 October to 6 November. ...
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China blocked 42 tons of Fonterra's whole milk powder from entering the country in May after checks at the border found excess levels of nitrites and it was sent back to New Zealand, the scandal-hit dairy giant confirmed Thursday. ...
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The United Nation (UN) food standards body Codex Alimentarius has set new standards on fruit, vegetables, fish and fishery products and animal feed to protect the health of consumers worldwide. Codex Alimentarius has also unveiled codes ...
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ABC Research Laboratories has announced the development of a ‘quality assurance software platform’, which can increase the ability to investigate product recalls and improve QA efficiency in the supply chain. ABC Research ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/29/2013 9:52:04 AM By Larry Dworkin, director, government relations, PAC-The Packaging Assn. EDITOR'S NOTE: Packaging Digest's recent webcast "Food Safety & ...
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SafetyChain Software has announced that Initiative Foods, a US-based provider of organic and conventional baby foods for own brand food retailers, has selected SafetyChain for Food to implement its food safety and quality assurance (FSQA) ...
US-based food software solution provider CAT Squared (CAT2) has teamed up with computing devices provider Janam Technologies to introduce a solution that is designed to help manufacturers improve food safety and quality. The solution is a ...
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US-based food software solution provider CAT Squared (CAT2) has developed an Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) plug-in module for its Food Safety and Quality Management Tool. The company noted that the new module is designed to reduce ...
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Hazard analysis and critical control points, or HACCP, is a systematic preventive approach to food safety and pharmaceutical safety that identifies physical, allergenic, chemical, and biological hazards in production processes that can ...
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US retailer Kroger will stop selling fresh sprouts today (22 October) over concerns that the vegetable represents a food safety risk. According to Payton Pruett, Kroger's vice president of food safety, the decision was based on the ...
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PTI Inspection Systems is displaying a range of packaging solutions, including packaging machinery and testing systems, at trade show Pack Expo in Chicago. The company's Packaging Systems business unit is introducing a new rotary form, ...
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Fuchs North America, a supplier of seasonings, flavor systems and taste solutions to the food manufacturing and foodservice industries, has received SQF 2000 certification for its main manufacturing facilities in Owings Mills, Maryland, US. ...
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