Food Industry Employment Program Newsletter
Food Safety First
Noncompliance=Death
Dear
Happy holidays! I hope the last month was everything you expected and wanted! I hope the last month was your best month of sales to date..
I am sitting here planning 2020! We only have a few weeks of this year left and I need to get organized! 2019 was a great year for the Food Industry Employment Program and we are looking for an even better year in 2020.
Concerned about Romaine
There was another Romaine lettuce recall around Thanksgiving. For many of us doing food safety it was a case of deja vu. What is going wrong with fresh produce? I had a few thoughts.
What should the future of food safety look like to reduce these outbreaks?
Planning 2020
You making food safely is my business. As you plan out your 2020 year, be sure to make food safety a part of it. Here are just some of the challenges if you choose NOT to:
That's another 12 months of worrying that you might have a recall, due to an ingredient or a missed critical control point that you could have prevented if you only knew what to do.
That is another 366 days (2020 is a leap year) of making food without totally being certain that you are making your food at the highest quality.
Did you know that the average cost of a recall is $10 million? That's enough to put most small businesses out of business!
Let's make sure food safety is a part of your 2020 plans and arrange a free food safety strategy call NOW!
Compliance and Regulatory News
FDA Inspection of Co-Manufacturers and Co-Packers.
As part of the regulations for the Food Safety Modernization Act, food manufacturers are required to have an approved supplier list. However, this does not always work for co-manufacturers or co-packers who manufacture and pack food under contract for others. Last week the FDA announced that it is continuing to use discretion with co-manufacturers and having an approved list of ingredient suppliers and vendors. Some of their ingredients come directly through their customers, the companies they are making the products for. These companies do not always want to share who their suppliers are. So note if you are working with a co-manufacturer or co-packer, you are not required to tell them who your suppliers are. You should let them know that you have all the correct paperwork though.
If you are manufacturing your own product or you are contracting a co-manufacturer, you should have an Approved Supplier list. Don't have one, or don't know what that is, schedule a food safety strategy call to talk through the process of putting an Approved Supplier List together.
Have a great 2020
I hope your holidays are awesome. I am looking forward to working with you in 2020 to make safe, high quality, and successful food products.
All the best,
Cathy