With temperatures rising, so does the opportunity to experience a power failure. For most of us, a power outage is a sudden and temporary inconvenience that leaves us without our beloved gadgets and internet...until you cell battery dies. But for vaccine storage, it's clear that a power outage brings larger and more troublesome obstacles.
The FDA recently released its final FSMA rule, which applies specifically to food transportation. FSMA compliance concerns many aspects of food production, transportation of that food being one of them. While many food safety professionals have implemented HACCP or similar plans, they’ll need to review their current plans to ensure they comply with FSMA.
Acronyms are everywhere in pharmaceutical and food safety. However, some are more important than others. The World Health Organization’s PQS certification is one that sets the global standard on effective cold chain equipment. Otherwise known as “Performance, Quality, and Safety”, PQS is granted by the WHO for a comprehensive range of cold chain equipment, injection devices and other products needed for safe and ...
The FDA has been releasing final rules to govern various links in the food safety chain since 2015. Their latest announcement, the sixth set of rules, covers food transportation safety. While food transporters have been aware of these changes and taken proactive steps to move toward compliance, many may not be ready for some or all of the changes, which includes documenting temperature controls.
April 24-30, 2016 is the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Immunization Week 2016. According to the WHO Website, World Immunization Week – celebrated in the last week of April – aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease.
Vaccine safety and efficacy is a worldwide concern. Parents and patients alike desire to protect themselves and their children from debilitating and deadly diseases. Vaccines are considered by those in developed and developing countries alike to be truly miracle drugs.
