Traceability: What Regulators Expect vs Reality
It usually starts with a phone call that feels too calm for the problem it carries. A customer complaint. A lab result. A retailer question. A regu
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Paper vs Digital: There Is No Middle Ground
Paper vs Digital: There Is No Middle Ground There’s a familiar moment in almost every food plant, warehouse, or distribution operation. It
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Why Small Food Businesses Fail Audits (And How to Stop It)
Small food businesses don’t fail audits because they “don’t care.” They fail because the system they’re using to manage
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Audit Season Is Coming. Are You Ready or Just Hoping?
Audit season has a way of showing who’s running a controlled system—and who’s been “getting by” on good intentions. I
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The Real Cost of Manual Food Safety Records
Manual food safety records look cheap—until you measure what they actually cost. A clipboard, a few binders, and “we’ve always do
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Food Safety in 2026: What Actually Changed (and What Didn't)
Food safety professionals have heard the same predictions for years: “This will be the year traceability becomes mandatory overnight,&
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Why 2026 Should Be the Year You Digitize Your Food Safety Program
Why 2026 Should Be the Year You Digitize Your Food Safety Program Food businesses don’t usually lose sleep because they want to. They lose sl
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The Cost of Manual Food Safety Management
Manual food safety management still “works” in many plants—until it doesn’t. Clipboards, binders, spreadsheets, shared drives,
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Top 5 Food Safety Trends to Watch for 2026
Food manufacturers and processors are heading into 2026 with a tough mix of pressures: more complex supply chains, tighter margins, higher customer ex
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Microbial Hazards: Practical Strategies for Control
Microbial hazards are the sharp edge of risk in the food industry. Label errors and minor non-conformities might cause headaches; pathogens shut plant
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