In the Food Lab

Is Your Food Testing Lab Prepping for an ISO/IEC 17025 Audit?

By Arun Apte, CloudLIMS

How LIMS helps meet ISO 17025 accreditation, assures reliable test results, and maximizes efficiency in food testing labs.

2020 FSC Episode 6 Preview:
Food Fraud

By Food Safety Tech Staff

During this interactive session, attendees will learn how to protect their supply chain from fraud, the details of a food fraud vulnerability assessment and mitigation plan, and how to navigate these risks during challenging times.

2020 FSC Episode 6 Wrap:
Lessons in Sanitation

By Maria Fontanazza, Editor-in-Chief

The pandemic has forced companies to take a much closer look at sanitation practices.

GFSI at 20 YEARS:
Time for a Reboot?

By Karil Kochenderfer, LINKAGES

As GFSI celebrates its 20th year, it is timely to both celebrate the industry’s efforts and to critically assess the organization’s fitness for the next 20 years.

Featured Quote

Practices that enhance food safety culture should initiate a shift in perspective before you implement more tangible activities. These shifts will be more challenging because they require your entire organization to be on board.

– Kari Hensien, RizePoint

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Covert Operations:
Places Pests Slide Into Your Facility Unnoticed

While no two facilities are exactly alike, what they have in common are the main ingredients for a potential pest problem: food, water and shelter. Board certified entomologist and Orkin Technical Services Manager Frank Meek discusses Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tactics for each of your facility’s pest hot spots. Recorded: July 29, 2020.

Integrated Pest Management:
Protect Food Safety and Prevent the Spread of Pathogens

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of pest management is more important than ever in retail/restaurant settings as well as in food production facilities. During this virtual conference, subject matter experts in IPM and sanitation will discuss how advances in technology can help your company work smarter while protecting your facility from potential damage and the spread of pathogens caused by pests, both of which can significantly compromise food safety. Recorded: June 30, 2020.

Instant Replay & Update: Is Your Plant COVID-19 Safe?

The U.S. food industry is struggling to deal with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the meat and poultry sector have been at the forefront of this issue. Using CDC and WHO Guidance, this webinar will provide practical tips on best practices to mitigate workplace exposure based on what is currently known about the COVID-19 virus. Recorded: July 14, 2020.