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• February 22, 2022 We have published eight Food Fraud Insight Reports (FFIR) that provide actionable information based on a dive deep into key topics. These provide key insights for updating FSMA or GFSI compliance requirements, as well as the newly very hot area of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM/ COSO). The reports […]
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• January 4, 2022 This is a review of our recent article in Food Safety Magazine and the follow-up interview for their Food Safety Matters Podcast. How much has – or hasn’t – been accomplished in the ten years since food fraud was first formally defined? Even though the food industry has
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• November 9, 2021 SURVEY OPEN: Food Fraud Annual Update Compliance Confidence survey 2021. We’re evaluating the implementation progress as we’re entering the fourth year of GFSI compliance requirements. A key focus will be the maturity of the prevention strategies and adoption of management systems. Please participate and share when applicable. SURVEY
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• August 31, 2021 Pest control? You might ask, how is this a part of food fraud prevention? Well, GFSI explicitly identifies pest control as a requirement for procurement and purchasing. Think about it… any product or service that is in your food operations could be the source of a food safety
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• August 24, 2021 A high-ranking government food policy leader once stated to me that their food companies didn’t “do GFSI” but did implement FSSC, SQF, IFS, BRC, or others. The leader didn’t know that GFSI is the benchmark for those food safety management systems. So, what is GFSI and its compliance
GFSI Compliance vs. a Food Safety Standard (BRC, SQF, FSSC, IFS, GRMS, and others) Read More »
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• August 10, 2021 If you handle or sell organic products, this Primer on Organic Product Fraud Audit Guide is a very helpful list of 20 questions to prepare for an inspection or conduct a self-assessment. The primer and questions were developed with the Organic Trade Association for the free online training
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• August 3, 2021 USDA recently published their Organic Product Fraud Prevention training in a free, online, and public format. This is part of the training for USDA inspectors. The Organic Trade Association was funded for the content we co-developed, and which I presented. Our two courses are: “Organic Fraud and the
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• July 8, 2019 Your participation in this brief, anonymous survey will contribute valuable insight to compliance discussions in our future research. The survey is a gap analysis that helps define the level of implementation and confidence in the Food Fraud Prevention Strategy compliance requirements. Addressing food fraud is a requirement for
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