– CONTRIBUTED Opinion –
By Francine L. Shaw
Blockchain technology is not a new concept to the foodservice industry. Before the pandemic, those of us in the industry discussed blockchain technology, traceability, transparency, sustainability, digital technology, and food safety and its impact on the green revolution every day. Then COVID
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A review has found only a few examples of supply chains with full traceability.
In a report, commissioned by Lloyd’s Register Foundation, RS Standards looked at the impact of traceability on the safety of food. The evidence that improved traceability leads to safer food systems is commonly accepted, said the
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Changes to the way food is produced, processed and offered to consumers could affect food safety, according to a microbiology society in the United Kingdom.
A Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) briefing looked at recent and upcoming developments in food processing, food manufacture and the supply chain, which will have
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The European Food Safety Authority has identified research priorities in food safety for the next five to 10 years.
The agency listed its regulatory research priorities under three streams: Safe Food Systems, Innovation in Risk Assessment, and Holistic Risk Assessment out of 10 identified during consultations.
The first section
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GENEVA — A lack of transparency is the Achilles heel of food safety, according to the deputy commissioner for food policy and response at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Frank Yiannas said there has been a three-decade exercise for traceability from centralized databases to technologies such as blockchain and,
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With the release of his new book — “Outbreak: Foodborne Illness and the Struggle for Food Safety” — Timothy D. Lytton seeks to shine a light into some of the more dimly lit corners of the U.S. food system’s safety checks and balances.
Now available from Amazon.com and the University
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Less than one in 10 companies said new digital technology is playing a role to a “great extent’ in food safety, according to a survey of more than 1,600 industry experts.
The survey by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and DNV GL, a certification body, found that almost four
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The Lloyd’s Register Foundation is scheduled to present a workshop on food safety in California next month.
The event is part of the foundation’s foresight review on the topic with the academic research laboratory Food Lab 2.0 and is set for Dec. 14 in San Diego.
Foresight reviews are white
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Food safety, plastic packaging and blockchain were key topics discussed at an industry event this past week. The Future Food Conference was hosted by the British Standards Institution (BSI) in London, United Kingdom.
In opening remarks, Richard Werran, BSI director for food, said the industry is often reactive and not
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Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a four-part series on how companies can use electronic record keeping to enhance food safety efforts. The series is sponsored by PAR Technologies.
“Today’s food supply chains have an inherent weakness: individual parties are using disparate digital systems, different technologies, and paper-based
Continue Reading Digital records bring greater food safety, management benefits
