Although August typically represents a quiet month in the last throes of summer, this year it marked a significant moment as the first FSMA Foreign Supplier Verification warning letter was issued. The FDA reached headlines again as it faces a second lawsuit relating to FSMA, US exports are set to improve in multiple sectors, European […]
One of the most significant issues facing the global food industry today is the difficulty of gaining full visibility over the supply chain from which they source raw materials and services. With increasing legal, regulatory, and commercial requirements emerging in recent years, this trend is likely to continue to grow. Already, 85% of companies operating […]
Conducting risk assessment on suppliers, materials and ingredients is one of the areas of food safety management which has received the most attention in recent years. As the supply chain has evolved in complexity and is now defined by multiple layers and tiers, the requirements and challenges in conducting risk assessment have also grown and are […]
We are pleased to announce the enhancement of a new smarter dashboard and interactive grid within the ‘My Actions’ tab is now available to all users. At their most basic level, food safety compliance systems are a collection of various tests, inspections, observations, measures and specific events. From temperature checks to full audits and their resulting […]
Safefood 360° are proud to announce the successful completion of a Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 audit. The SOC 2 attestation report, issued by Mazars, a leading global professional services firm which specializes in compliance audits across multiple industries, confirms that Safefood 360° has met the standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public […]
As of today, food businesses manufacturing in or exporting to Canada need to be compliant with the new Safe Food For Canadians Act (SFCA) and the Safe Food For Canadians Regulations (SFCR). These new additions to the Canadian food landscape replace 14 sets of regulations which had previously been the standard for compliance. What are […]
In order to address new requirements in various global food safety standards, several enhancements in the area of Statistical Process Control (SPC) will be introduced to Safefood 360° over the coming months. The first of these updates has now been implemented into the software and provides Automatic SPC Analysis for Monitoring Programs. What is Statistical […]
Safefood 360° CEO George Howlett recently presented a webinar in collaboration with the International Food Safety and Quality Network (IFSQN) on pragmatic steps that can be considered when building a Risk & Compliance model for Food Safety Management Systems. The recent publication of the ISO 22000 standard earlier this year has introduced changes to how […]
In September, Safefood 360° customers and staff came together from across the globe to learn about the latest features of Safefood 360° and be the first to see an exclusive look at what the future of their food safety management system will contain. With the sun now set on a fantastic two days, we invite […]
We are pleased to announce that the BRC Issue 8 standard has now been included into the Safefood 360° platform. Audits from this version will commence starting in February 2019, however, customers seeking to comply with the recently released standard can benefit from its inclusion starting today. First published in 1998, the new version is […]
