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Allergens are now considered as one of the significant hazards. Steps in production need to be assessed for potential cross-contamination and verification methods need to be developed. All this needs to comply with legislation and food safety standard requirements which brings additional pressure for food operators and managers. 
In this 4-hour train...

Since the horse meat food fraud scandal in 2013, the GFSI standards have sharpened several requisites to push facilities to improve mitigation measures. It is well known that meat substitution is not in the top 10 of food products with most risk of adulteration or substitution. The BRC standard, already in V7, created new requisites (under the point...

If SPC is not a term used by your quality department, it should be! SPC, or Statistical Process Control, is a data-based methodology for monitoring and adjusting operations in real-time to meet control standards. Not only is it a useful tool for optimizing your process, but it can also be the difference between success or failure in many of today’s audits...

Join the International Food Safety & Quality Network on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 for our annual Food Safety Live virtual conference. Register for free and join IFSQN and special guests for 14 educational presentations. Registrants will be provided with the video recording, slide deck and a training certificate for each presentation....

Taking place:
Wednesday August 26, 2020 | 10am BST (9am GMT) 11am CET Event speakers:
Denis Treacy, CEO, Culture Compass; Manuel Machado, Global Head of Blockchain Solutions at Worldline; Ron McNaughton, Head of the Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit, Food Standards Scotland Webinar Overview:
This year has seen many challenges for the...

This Supplier Auditor Online Training webinar is suitable for those wishing to conduct audits of suppliers either to evaluate a new supplier’s ability to meet your contractual/food safety & quality requirements or to re-evaluate an existing supplier’s performance. In the first part of the training participants will receive instruction on the impl...

Finally, in May some food manufacturing facilities in Spain started to receive auditors again after the national lockdown was called off. The firsts audits during the pandemic have been more challenging than normal, both for the auditor and the auditee. Travelling and logistics during a pandemic  Mobility restrictions vary during the pandemic de...

Taking place:
Monday July 13, 2020 - 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (UK Time Zone). 10 AM EST Start. Presenters:
Sofia Dias, Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager, Marley Spoon
Harry Hamilton, Product Manager, SafetyCulture Webinar Overview:
When you’re working with fresh produce, a few degrees can be the difference between thousands of meals, and...

Taking Place: Monday, April 27, 2020. 2-3 PM UK, 9-10 AM EST .  Last month IFSQN conducted a webinar on the influence of COVID-19 on the food industry where we proposed 4 preventive steps and 1 recovery step that can be implemented by industry during the coronavirus pandemic. The webinar recording can be found here:
https://www.ifsqn.com/food_sa...

Took Place: Wednesday, March 25. 6-7 PM London (2-3 PM EST).  Due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic the IFSQN team have prepared a special webinar for the food industry. In this webinar we will discuss known data about the virus, general steps of prevention and continuity of operations in your food production. The webinar will cover pers...