It has been a while since we have addressed or discussed allergens in the blogs. In today’s foodservice landscape, understanding and managing allergens is [...]
In late-September and peaking in very early-October, reports of increased Escherichia coli (E. coli) 0157:H7 cases started to surface in the Western part of [...]
As we were reminded earlier this month, emergencies can strike unexpectedly, whether due to natural disasters, health crises, or supply chain disruptions. Hurricane Helene, [...]
Last week, many of us across the United States watched in disbelief as the southeastern portion of the United States was ravaged by Hurricane [...]
As I settled into work one morning last week, a headline popped up on my computer noting that confidence in the government’s ability to [...]
Welcome to Food Safety Education Month! Late last month in my blog we talked about this once-a-year time to focus on educating your employees [...]
In the 1990s, when I took my first food safety class, we learned about a new system called HACCP. Ok, maybe it wasn’t that new, but it sure seemed new at the time. My memory has certainly faded since that class in 1997, but I do recall our discussion in the class about how HACCP would become the norm for all foodservice establishments in the future. Fast forward almost 25 years and the only foodservice operation mandated to have a HACCP program is school foodservice - certainly not the widespread adoption that we thought might come about.
Earlier in the month, I discussed a bit about the proposed traceability rules that may be coming out soon. One result of implementing the proposed rule and improving overall food traceability in your operation is the ability of those in the food chain to quickly identify and pull product involved in a food recall.
In June, I discussed the importance of having a solid food defense plan, and I provided you some resources for developing or strengthening your food defense plan. As I was writing those blogs, my mind kept turning toward food traceability. While they are distinctly different concepts, food traceability goes hand-in-hand with a food defense program. I would argue for your food defense plan to be effective, you must have an effective internal food traceability program, where you can trace the product back to the supplier (backward traceability), but also be able to trace the product from the supplier to the guest who was served the product (forward traceability).
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