George Howlett is CEO of Safefood 360 and has over 20 years’ experience in the Irish food industry working as both a manager and food safety consultant. He also lectures at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) on food safety management.
There is much confusion about the meaning and use of these terms when applied to food safety management. They are often used interchangeably to describe the same function or activity. Global Standards and codes of practice use them with an assumption that the user already has a clear understanding of their meaning – which is [...]
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Let’s be honest for a moment! If you are a food safety manager, technologist or consultant responsible for maintaining a food safety system you will be familiar with the scenario whereby in the days leading up to your certification audit you engage in the almost masochistic exercise of catching up on months of reports and [...]
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Just looking in more detail at the recent changes to the BRC Standard Issue 6 under Section 4.11 – Hygiene and Housekeeping. It appears the standard has essentially been updated to align with the requirements of the Tesco Technical Standard. In general this is something I have noticed with a significant number of the changes [...]
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The following is a presentation delivered to a packed audience by George Howlett at the International Dairy Show in Atlanta, September 2011. The food industry is now well and truly global. The major retailers over the last decade have been instrumental in driving compliance and food safety standards among their supply base. The Global Food [...]
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Over the last decade the demands on food businesses to implement and maintain food safety management systems has increased dramatically. What was once a quality control function performed by a food technologist has now evolved into a multi-disciplinary management function requiring additional skills in HRM, budgeting, risk assessment, research and development, project management & communications. [...]
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The unique culture and cuisine of New Orleans provided this year’s backdrop for IFT’s Annual Meeting and Food Expo. For Safefood 360, it was our inaugural trade show in the US and we would like to extend our warmest thanks to all those food businesses who took the time to visit our stand and find [...]
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