The number of foodborne illness cases in recent years has been on the rise, frequently caused by preventable mistakes. In addition to having significant consequences to brand perception, these incidents have quantifiable impact on brand value.
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As we covered in an earlier post, consumer groups who are upset about the unresolved outbreak of E. coli related to romaine lettuce have demanded that failures in the FDA traceability process be repaired before the end of the year. In this follow-up...
Food safety programs are broken. They are largely paper based, and lag behind technological innovations realized through wireless sensors and digital checklists. Every year, roughly 1 in 6 people (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are...
The supply chain, a series of product transfers between manufacturers, distribution centers, and retail locations, is a complex network of transactions. From raw material to finished product, every transfer throughout the chain requires...
In our recent post outlining the widespread outbreak of E.coli originating from romaine lettuce, we noted that the FDA has been unable to identify how or where the contamination occured in the supply chain. Since mid-March, more than 200 people...
In our previous post about food safety at farmers markets, we ended our discussion by noting that current regulations try to balance the needs of both farmers and consumers. The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) excludes many small farmers from...