The highly contagious winter stomach bug, norovirus, has hit the Olympic Village in Pyeongchang. With the Olympics set to start this week, hundreds of staff members are being quarantined to their rooms to be tested for the virus and prevent the spread of the illness to the athletes and other individuals in the village.

Written by SmartSense | February 8, 2018 | Food Safety, Supply Chain

The FSMA Rule on Sanitary Transportation is one of seven foundational rules proposed by the FDA to create a risk-based framework for food safety. The overall objective of the rule is to prevent practices during transportation that create hazards, such as failure of refrigeration, inadequate cleaning of vehicles, and inappropriate packing materials. Ultimately, the rule was put in place to minimize the potential of a...

Written by SmartSense | July 5, 2017 | Food Safety, FSMA, Supply Chain

When the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) passed in 2011, it shifted U.S. food safety policy from a reactive afterthought to a proactive mission. That is, rather than responding to contamination after the fact, the law mandates preventing problems during manufacturing and transport before they occur. FSMA also provides the FDA with new enforcement authorities to achieve higher rates of compliance and tools to...

Written by SmartSense | June 27, 2017 | Food Safety, FSMA, Supply Chain

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.

Written by SmartSense | May 11, 2016 | Food Safety, Supply Chain

Written by SmartSense | April 20, 2016 | Food Safety, Supply Chain

Written by SmartSense | March 9, 2016 | Food Safety, Supply Chain