Food safety management
HACCP, GMP, traceability, GFSI schemes and food safety culture in the plant.
7 articles
Articles in this pillar
7 min read
HACCP: what it is and how it relates to microbiological analysis
What the HACCP system is, its 7 principles, and how it connects with microbiological analysis and environmental monitoring in a plant.
6 min read
What is food safety and how does it differ from food security?
What food safety is, why it is not the same as "food security" (access to food) and how it is managed in industry.
6 min read
Food traceability: what it is and why it is key to food safety
What food traceability is, how the 'one step back, one step forward' principle works and why it is as critical as laboratory analysis.
6 min read
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP): the foundation everything else is built on
What Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) are, which areas they cover and why they are the prerequisite program on which HACCP is built.
7 min read
GFSI schemes and food safety audits: what they are and how to prepare
What GFSI is, which schemes it recognizes (BRCGS, SQF, FSSC 22000), how a food safety audit is structured and how to get your plant ready for it.
8 min read
Food safety culture: what Codex, the EU and GFSI require, and how it is evidenced in the plant
What food safety culture is, what Codex CXC 1-1969, Regulation (EU) 2021/382 and the GFSI schemes require, and how it is evidenced in a plant.
11 min read
Product recall plan and mock recalls: what FDA, the EU, Codex and GFSI schemes require
Food withdrawal and recall under FDA (Classes I, II and III), the EU (Art. 19 of 178/2002) and Codex: how to run a mock recall and the role of the laboratory.