Safefood 360 is designed to alleviate many of the headaches of the food processing industry while contributing to the quality and safety of the food supply. Businesses in both the U.S. and Europe are increasingly frustrated by the limitations of paper-based systems as they try to meet the increasing demands for food safety compliance. At the 2011 International Dairy Show, Ireland-based Safefood 360 is showcasing its service solutions at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA, Booth 513 (September 19- 21, 2011), as part of the Enterprise Ireland Delegation.

Addressing the trends and recent changes in global food safety compliance, the importance of maintaining standards and how food-processing businesses can improve food safety management effectively and efficiently to meet the needs of global retailers, CEO, George Howlett, will be presenting a lecture on Wednesday, September 21st.

Comprised of highly experienced food safety management specialists and talented software developers, Safefood 360 provides highly secure, web based programs that store, manage and track all food safety forms, documents and records. The Safefood 360 system facilitates viewing HACCP online programs and compliance standard updates, including popular global standards such as BRC, SQF, IFS and FSSC 22000, resulting in higher productivity and effectiveness The online program features quick and easy one-click access menus leading to the main pillars of a business’ food safety program; HACCP, Management, PRP’s and documents.

“Recognizing a lack of software to support the needs of food businesses in a high-demand environment, our core team developed Safefood 360 and the program has exceeded our expectations.” said George Howlett, CEO, Safefood 360. “Food processing plants, both large and small, have adopted our software, and we continue to look ahead by putting in place operational and market channel supports to ensure food plants can make the conversion as easy as possible.”

A panel of distinguished and respected business and industry leaders gave Safefood 360 the ‘Start-up Company of the Year’ award for 2011. The ICT Excellence Awards is Ireland’s most prestigious technology event showcasing the very best individuals and organizations the Irish ICT industry has to offer.

Enterprise Ireland is the government agency responsible for the development and promotion of the indigenous business sector. Enterprise Ireland’s mission is to accelerate the development of world-class Irish companies to achieve strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity.

The other companies attending the 2011 International Dairy Show as part of the Enterprise Ireland delegation include Softtrace, Trustwater, ONG Automation, Keenan, Luxcel Biosciences, Biotector, Crème Software, and Dairy Master.

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For further information, an interview with Philip Gillen or George Howlett please contact Juliana Wynohradnyk, Definition Branding & Marketing, Tel : +1(212) 660-2555 ext. 17 or email Juliana.Wynohradnyk@definitionbam.com

Safefood 360 has won the Jumpstart 2011 competition and a prize worth €25,000.

Co-founded by former food technologist and consultant George Howlett and IT professional Philip Gillen, Safefood 360 has developed a food safety management system for food processing plants globally.

The web-based system allows food processing businesses manage all aspects of food safety in one fully integrated solution.

Launched in April 2011, the founders say it has been well received from the food industry globally and has already received interest from plants on all five continents. A number of sales have been closed to date, including in the US and Saudi Arabia and the company is soon to meet with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.

The judging panel were particularly impressed with Safefood 360’s progress with its business model, as well as the fact it had secured funding from a private investor as well as Enterprise Ireland, which will total €500,000.

One of the judges Gavin Duffy said Safefood 360 showed the benefits of start-ups being well supported in an incubator programme like the LINC.

Jump Start 2011 is supported by AIB, Fingal County Enterprise Board and Enterprise Ireland.

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For further information, an interview with Philip Gillen or George Howlett please contact Ann-Marie Sheehan, Aspire PR, Tel : 01 8275181 / 087 298 5569 or email annmarie@aspire-pr.com

Safefood 360, the world’s smartest food safety software has won the ‘Start-up Company of the Year’ award for 2011.

The ICT Excellence Awards is Ireland’s most prestigious technology event showcasing the very best individuals and organisations that have shaped the ICT Industry in Ireland. This year marked the tenth ICT Excellence Awards and took place at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire on May 19th 2011. The winners were decided by a panel of distinguished and respected business and industry leaders.

Philip Gillen, Chief Operations Officer of Safefood 360 said; “This award means so much to the team at Safefood 360 and we would like to congratulate all the other nominees and winners. It recognises the tremendous talent and effort that has gone in to bringing a global disruptive product like Safefood 360 to the market. We look forward to our official US launch in New Orleans in June as we continue to ease the pain felt by food business worldwide.”

Established in 2010, Safefood 360 is the world’s smartest food safety management software. It provides food business globally with a platform to manage their food safety and comply with legislative and retailer requirements.

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For further information, an interview with Philip Gillen or George Howlett please contact Ann-Marie Sheehan, Aspire PR, Tel : 01 8275181 / 087 298 5569 or email annmarie@aspire-pr.com

Safefood 360 were thrilled at coming second at the JumpStart 2010 Competition from The LINC, ITB (Institute of Technology Blanchardstown) and were presented with their award by Brian Lenihan, TD, Minister for Finance.

Safefood 360 is a web based food safety management system that allows food processing businesses manage all aspects of food safety in one fully integrated solution. Philip Gillen and George Howlett of Safefood 360 offer food businesses a fully integrated and intuitive software platform which will manage all legal and commercial food safely management requirements. It is being developed as a ‘Software as a Service’ offering and both Philip and George have many years’ experience in the technology and food industry respectively. Safefood 360 promises to revolutionise how food businesses manage their food safety requirements globally.

George Howlett of Safefood 360 said of their win; “We are delighted to have received an excellence award from the JumpStart competition. For start-up businesses, like us, it provides encouragement at this early and challenging phase. We are looking forward to 2011 and the global launch of our application Safefood 360 and to making a positive contribution to the pain felt by food businesses internationally in trying to manage their food safety systems.”

The Judging Panel for Jump Start 2010 included the Dragon Den’s Bobby Kerr, Entrepreneur Fran Rooney, Lucia O’Riordan Regional Manager, Allied Irish Banks Ltd., Oisin Geoghan, CEO Fingal County Enterprise Board and George Kiely, Enterprise Ireland.

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For further information, an interview with Philip Gillen or George Howlett please contact Ann-Marie Sheehan, Aspire PR, Tel : 01 8275181 / 087 298 5569 or email annmarie@aspire-pr.com