Listeria outbreak cantaloupe farmers face $250,000 fines and 1 year in prison
Food Quality News reports today on the penalty imposed on the cantaloupe farm owners who failed to implement properly a cleaning system installed which would have included an antibacterial spray….
Major US recall of hard boiled eggs
The FDA has reported a major recall of specific lot dates of hard cooked eggs in brine, sold to distributors and manufacturers, after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of Listeria…
BRC Global Standards Issue 6 Guidance – Part 6 – Site Standards
This time around we look at some of the major changes to the Site Standards Section. This change was driven by the need to ensure that certification bodies spend more…
Food Safety – the missing link
HACCP International spoke very successfully at the recent BRC Global Standards Global Conference in London to introduce the certification of the food safety status of equipment, materials and services sold…
US Canteloupe Listeria outbreak linked to packaging machinery
This recent and very serious Listeria outbreakĀ in the US has been reported by Food Quality News as the worst in modern history with a death toll of 29. Listeria can,…
A scheme now exists in Europe for providers of services and equipment into the food industry to be measured against a quality standard. Not entirely unlike the BRC Global Standards…