The BRC Global Standards Global Conference and Food Safety Europe 2013

BRC Global Standards

The BRC Global Standards Global Conference and Food Safety Europe 2013

Food equipment and materials Certification Body HACCP International were delighted to be present as sponsor of the BRC Global Standards (British Retail Consortium) Certification Body (CB) and Approved Training Provider…

BRC Global Standards

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….

Announcements

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…

Food Hygiene

The gloves are off!

What an interesting article in the European Cleaning Journal that reports on a study about poor hand hygiene within healthcare workers who wear gloves! This hazard is something also recognised…

Food Safety News

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,…

Food Hygiene

Milan HOST exhibition

The HOST exhibition last week was simply huge! 18 halls of equipment for catering and hospitality and several hundred exhibitors. It was great to see such activity and such a…

BRC Global Standards

A good cleaning article

Well done to Vermop! The German cleaning equipment company has released an excellent guide in European Cleaning Journal. It points out some of the fundamental assumptions that can be made…

General

Introduction To New Scheme

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…