Congratulations on making it to the end of 2021. Leaping into 2021. We had a challenging 2020. It has been almost a whole year that we have been pivoting with our business priorities, cost and managing expectation for the upcoming months and days. Some of us are directly affected by the pandemic through a layoff...
Handling Regulatory Visits Regulatory visits can be stressful, especially when it comes to an unannounced audit. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) or US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) is authorized to visit any of its registered and licensed sites without the need to announce the visits, as per the Safe Food for Canadian...
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Food fraud is real. This article discussed direct and indirect ways that food manufacturers and importers are responsible for the product manufactured or sold in Canada. Subsequently, discuss about food fraud plan development to mitigate food fraud risk.
Learn how SQF consultant and certification can help build your food brand by building customer trust and prevent food recall. SFPM Consulting offers coaching and consulting services to help you maximize your investment and cost savings.
This is a part of the “Building Your Food Business” education series for those who like to start a successful food business with consideration of customer and food safety in mind.
This is a part of the “Building Your Food Business” education series for those who like to start a successful food business with consideration of customer and food safety in mind.
This is a part of the “Building Your Food Business” education series for those who like to start a successful food business with consideration of customer and food safety in mind.
COVID-19 distrupt the food supply chain and increase motivation for food fraud to ensure contracts are filled. Are you ready for food fraud wave?
SFPM Consulting supporting food businesses with free standard operating procedure to comply with reopening business safely.
Metal Detector or X-ray is a common processing step for food manufacturing to sort and reject food products that contain physical contamination such as rocks, metal fragments, plastic fragments, glass etc. This processing step works for larger manufacturers who have the space for the machine and the ability to monitor, verify and validate the...
We live in a technological era. There are many food safety software in the market. The question for business owners or food safety program owners would automatically be how do we choose food safety software solutions that meet the user’s needs? Here are a few of my own criteria when choosing...
Learn about SFPM Consulting founder, Felicia Loo on her perspective on food safety consulting and how COVID-19 changes the food industry and how we eat.
SFPM Consulting present guidelines, tips and resources for food businesses to apply for Safe Food for Canadian Regulation (SFC) license without fuss.
Food traceability can sometimes be an ambiguous concept to understand. You may recognize the term “contact tracing” that arise from the recent pandemic and COVID-19 situation. What COVID-19 has done is introduce the concept of tracing viruses as it is transmitted from a symptomatic or asymptomatic COVID-19 carrier to another virus-free person. Contact tracing is...
Many of you have asked -how do I meet the Safe Food for Canadian Requirements (SFCR) with an existing food safety management system? Indeed, there are a number of food safety documents that we use in our day-to-day operations to ensure compliance with multiple regulatory and voluntary certifications. So, it did makes sense to incorporate the requirements for the...
What do you need in your crisis management for COVID-19? Learn from global food safety guidance comparison for SQF, BRC, FSSC 22000 and IFS.