by Cathy Alinovi | Sep 11, 2018 | Latest News
Does your food contain legumes and/or potato? Better yet – would your food fall into the BEG (boutique, exotic, or grain-free) category? For many of our manufacturers, the first answer may be yes, but for all, a resounding yes to the second question. The FDA,...
by Cathy Alinovi | Sep 7, 2018 | FSMA, Latest News
5-log reduction refers to pathogen control. The term is primarily used in the food industry. For example, if a surface or product has 100,000 bacterial microbes, a 5-log reduction would reduce that number to zero. In 7-log reduction, 10 million microbes will be killed...
by Cathy Alinovi | Aug 31, 2018 | Latest News, Our Stories
Keeping conversations open with customers is how to maintain those relationships. There are different ways to engage in conversation, a spokesperson/animal is one such method. Whether a spokesanimal is right for your business depends on your business culture. What is...
by Cathy Alinovi | Aug 24, 2018 | Latest News
The answer impacts how you set up your HACCP plan. According to 21 CFR part 7.3 (m) there are 3 levels of recall which can be issued by the FDA: “(1) Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, a violative product...
by Cathy Alinovi | Aug 17, 2018 | FSMA, Latest News
September 17, 2018 is approaching quickly. This is the deadline by which small and very small pet food manufacturers need to be compliant with FSMA. Compliance options: have somebody on your staff PCQI trained or hire a company to administer the program for you....
