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April 1, 2009

Four Ways To Improve Food Safety

Four Ways To Improve Food Safety

By Tom Kozenski, RedPrairie
Food Logistics, April 2009

Recently, the Food and Drug Administration responded to the growing volume of consumers disgruntled about a perceived lack of food safety. In a report entitled, “Food Protection Plan, One-Year Progress Summary—December 2008,” the agency pledged a number of new tactics, including a heightened focus on foreign products entering the U.S., and signaled a growing desire to resolve the current food safety issues facing the nation.

The risks associated with not ensuring safe food products are high. Companies face bad publicity, liability and costly recalls if their products don’t uphold standards. And while the cost of any recall is difficult to meet, winning back lost customers and rebuilding reputations are often insurmountable obstacles.

In October 2008, RedPraire Corp. commissioned a food safety survey of 60 food and beverage manufacturers, wholesalers, grocery retailers and third-party logistics (3PL) providers.  Many survey respondents voiced a number of concerns and potential solutions related to food safety.  In particular, they cited four changes necessary to make food safety a non-issue:  Read more

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