Food defense is a top priority within your company, right? If you’re raising one eyebrow and asking yourself, “Just what does it mean to be ready for an audit?” then look into the mind of an auditor to find out exactly what it takes to pass an inspection – and pass with flying colors!

It seems like every time you pick up a trade journal, some company or the other is offering a last mile solution.

Why are these two food safety standards unique from each other?

Do you have an up-to-date food safety plan? How secure are your sanitary transportation operations? Are your standards and procedures on par with the sanitary cold chain market? Do you have an HACCP plan in place already? If you were approached for an audit, would you pass an FDA inspection and be able to show officials your records dating back at least two years?  

With all the “Breaking News” headlines we receive related to food safety matters, it is easy to get troubled on the domestic front, or for any of us that travel abroad. The weekly saturation of emails and notices I read on this topic reveal disturbing facts that would turn even the most iron-clad of stomachs sour.

During these hot days of July and August, the last thing on most people's minds is getting an Influenza vaccination.

Ready for it or not, the FDA is overhauling the food safety system, and companies impacted by the FSMA ruling will be forced to abide by these eventual new regulations.

Is your company meeting Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) guidelines? This initiative was introduced in 2009, and has been built as a roadmap to a common standard for external traceability. Implementing this initiative is a critical strategy that will help your company comply with strict food safety and supply chain regulations.

Like many of us that work in this industry I always follow very closely the presentations from the Spring and early Summer rounds of trade events and industry meetings to see what might be new.

Late last month the FDA CBER (Consumer Affairs Branch) issued an advisor notice to interested persons containing information related to the storage and use of temperature sensitive biological products that have been involved in a temporary electrical power failure, or flood conditions.

With the recently proposed FSMA ruling set forth by the FDA, Deltatrak, Inc. is poised to establish itself within the food industry as a leading cold chain monitoring and solutions-based company. DeltaTrak’s contamination prevention tools and monitoring technology will help handlers, suppliers, and distributors comply with the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food Rule's strict guidelines and food safety standards. 

In an earlier post on this Blog I wrote an entry about the DeltaTrak WHO pre-qualified Vaccine Glycol Bottle Data Logger.

Most of the focus of this blog is generally on the pharmaceutical side of the business related to cold chain, supply chain and the management of temperature controlled drug related products.

Reading many of the latest comments and articles from the EU it appears that compliance audits have already started in earnest by the regulatory authorities now that the implementation period is well over (6 months from March 2013).

Within the global logistics supply chain the transportation of cold chain products is generally very highly regulated, with GMP, GDP or even GSP regulations.