Supply Chain

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IICA’s Role in Improving Global Food Safety

Food safety is of central importance to all countries in the Americas, regardless of their level of development. Beyond threats associated with any specific product or contaminant, the most pressing challenge is to establish, promote and support a food safety culture, one in which all consumers both expect and have access to healthy food, regardless of where or by whom it is produced.

Small or Very Small: New Rules from FSMA Create Unique Challenges: Since the new rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act were developed, food manufacturers of all sizes have been working to determine how to implement them into their culture and new food safety plans.

The Supply Chain and Food Safety Culture: Foodservice: We’ve invited industry leaders in foodservice to help elucidate the challenges around creating a culture of food safety.

Evaluating Risk in Foods at Farmers’ Markets: Can products be made safely in the home for sale at farmers’ markets? Verifying the types of foods that are low risk and can be made safely in an uninspected home can be challenging.

What You always Wanted to Know about Food Crime but Were Afraid to Ask: The National Food Crime Unit aids food safety at home and abroad.

Fixing FSMA’s Ag Water Requirements: The Food Safety Modernization Act’s provisions on agricultural water require reevaluation.

Food Safety in a “Foodie” Culture: Proactively Protecting the Foodservice Supply Chain: It is important to explore how traceability works and what the food industry is doing to ensure food safety in today’s rapidly changing marketplace

Consumer Food Trends Create Food Safety Challenges for the Foodservice Industry

Modern food trends create food safety challenges that mandate changes to the food code to protect public health.

The Supply Chain and Food Safety Culture: Distribution: Industry leaders confirm the importance of food safety culture at the point of food distribution.

Compliance with EU Food Regulations: What If Traceability and Food Recall Are Not Enough? - Copy: The food supply chain reaches around the world; is your business compliant globally?

The Future of Food Traceability

What is the future of global food traceability and what should we be doing about it?

Driving the FSMA Train Forward… Looking Ahead to Implementation: With the Food Safety Modernization Act in place, it is time to look forward to its implementation

Raising the Bar: Helping Our Vendors Become Partners: We should be looking for those extra touches that will turn food industry vendors into long-term partners.

Managing Sanitation Training with a Rapidly Changing Foodservice Staff: Do you have the right culture to facilitate the proper sanitation training of your foodservice employees?

Challenges of Food Traceability

What are your major challenges to successfully implementing food traceability? Find answers to overcoming these challenges here.

Allergens & Cross-Contamination: Education vs. Ignorance: As food industry leaders, it is critical to keep a clean, safe environment for all consumers. Continuous education and training are important steps in that process.

Shippers Bear Primary Responsibility for Safe Transportation of Food: Under the final Sanitary Transportation rule, primary responsibility for nearly all safety risks during transportation falls to the shipper. Do you know the extent of your responsibility?

Food Truck Commissary: The Foundation of a Mobile Business: To meet food safety challenges, food truck owners are increasingly using commissaries as their base of operation.

“Nanobombs” Protect Consumers from Foodborne Microorganisms: Recent advances in nanotechnology may provide a unique alternative intervention method to address the problem of foodborne diseases.

Packaging: The Final Ingredient: It is important for manufacturers of organic or clean-label products to select packaging that helps them deliver on brand promises of purity.

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