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I work as a food safety auditor since more than 20 years. I started my career in Latin-America, and for the last 10 years I work in Europe. I have a scientific background with a PhD in Chemistry and over the years I worked with most standards and categories in the food industry. As a reader of IFSQN you are probably an auditee which means that you are on...

Taking place:  
26 Jul 2019 - 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UK Time Zone), 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern 
Over and over again out industry faces food safety incidents that, in hindsight, were 100% preventable. This occurs in organizations certified to high level standards which include an in-depth HACCP program. 
Root cause analysis most often uncovers...

As a consultant, I am often asked “what is the most important document I need to have?” Some will say “they are all important”, some will say “HACCP, is the most important”. I could argue that the Food Safety Plan (FSP) is now your most important document for any Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) certification. The FSP or in some cases “The Human Rule”...

As countries all over the world are pushing for stricter regulations on food products and food systems are becoming increasingly globalized, a noticeable trend has come to the forefront of new criteria for auditing. As many in the industry have noticed, food safety auditors are asking facilities to perform progressively more demanding traceability drills....

IFSQN hold regular free webinar training sessions on a wide variety of food safety topics.  For your convenience we’ve compiled the video recordings into a handy Excel to make it easy for you to find what you need. The videos are free to access 24/7/365 days a year to watch at your leisure and share with your colleagues.  Happy viewing!
Simon...

Taking place: November 12, 2018 - 02:00 PM - 06:00 PM (9:00 AM EST Start)  
This 4 hour training webinar will demonstrate the practical use of tools for risk analyzing, root cause identification and problem solving in every day food safety. P ractical worksheets and templates are provided in the documents pack. Includes exam, training certificate a...

2,092 food safety folks registered for the IFSQN online conference last week with well over 1,000 joining us live. The recording and slides are now available at the links below.  Webinar Recording >>
Presentation Slides >>

Effective food safety training in the digital age – we aren't robots yet  Taking place:
Friday, June 15, 2018 - 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM UK Time
This is a 10.00 AM Eastern US Start    Presenter:  David Rosenblatt, Director of Training and Veterinary Consultant, Sher Consulting and Training Webinar Overview:  The internationa...

Football (Soccer) World CUP Competition 2018  For a little bit of fun and interest a free-to-enter IFSQN competition.
Simply reply on this blog post or the linked forum topic with your entry.    The Winning Prize:
$100 USD + a mystery prize

The Rules:
Free to enter
One entry per member
Do not create another member...