New Zealand Food Safety has issued new import rules for frozen berries that aim to help keep citizens safe and improve processes at the border.
Changes will come into effect on Aug. 1, and importers have 18 months until Jan. 31, 2026, to transition to the modified requirements.
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Progress has been made on guidelines for remote audits but not on a food fraud text, according to reports from a recent Codex meeting.
The Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS) met in May in Australia.
The development of draft guidelines on the prevention
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Auditor competence, certificate fraud and supporting smaller food companies were some of the main topics discussed at the recent GFSI Conference.
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) conference in Spain had 600 registrants from 50 countries.
In late 2021, GFSI created a set of benchmarking requirements for food safety auditor
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A major food safety meeting is set to take place at the end of March in Spain.
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) annual conference is back to in-person status and set for March 29 to 31 in Barcelona. It is expected to bring together 900 people from more than
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The CEA (controlled environment agriculture) Food Safety Coalition has announced the first-ever food safety certification program specifically for CEA-grown leafy greens.
Now members of the industry coalition can choose to be assessed for the CEA Leafy Greens Module, and upon successful completion will be allowed to use the CEA food-safe
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There is a lack of trust in remote audits from some in the food industry, according to an expert who looked into the subject for the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).
Solely remote audits are not GFSI recognized but a blended audit, which involves virtual and onsite checks, is accepted.
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A professional body for those in food science and technology wants to hear from food safety specialists about their work during the past year.
The Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) is looking for up to 15 people working in roles where food safety is critical.
The group wants
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People have to learn how to talk differently about food as it is not an accident it is safe, according to an FAO expert.
Markus Lipp, senior food safety officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said there is a lot of work behind the scenes on food safety,
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This month marks the 20th annual GFSI Conference and for the first time ever the event is scheduled to be a virtual gathering. The interactive three-day forum will see hundreds of experts from 60 countries meet online to share food safety best practices.
Attendees of the Global Food Safety Initiative
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Every week I pore over the warning letters the Food and Drug Administration has sent to food firms. These letters are sent to food companies in the U.S. and companies importing into the U.S. They list violations based on findings from FDA inspections.
The recipients are given 15 days
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