As a food business, you likely get a regular food safety inspection done by your state or county and by the FDA. We know that these inspections can feel daunting. But, they don’t need to cause anxiety. With proper preparation, they’re an opportunity to improve your food safety practices . We all share the goal […]
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Start with the FDA Good Manufacturing Practices to Build a Strong Food Safety Plan
Having a good food safety program is key to food business success. Yet, it’s hard to know where to start with creating your plans and documents. The FDA’s Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) are a set of standards that regulate food safety. They serve as a model for creating a successful food safety plan. The GMPs […]
Grow Your Business with Food Safety
A good food safety program allows you to scale up your food business without sacrificing the quality or consistency of your product. With a larger reach, you can get your product into more kitchens, solve more consumer problems, and make more of a profit to keep growing. Most conversations about scaling up focus on capital, […]
A Strong Recall Plan is a Food Business’s Best Friend
Recalls are inevitable, but they don’t have to be a death sentence for your food business. A strong recall plan will mean that you can avoid panic and have a well managed food recall.
Make the Most of Harvest Season with Safe Food Preservation!
Food preservation allows you to make the most of harvest season. Practice proper food safety when canning, drying, and freezing to have safe, local food all year round.
Scaling up your food production? Have you identified your food safety ‘what ifs’?
If food safety is the process of ensuring that our food does not harm us in the short term, then how do we figure out those potential locations of harm? Especially when scaling up, knowing the answers to your ‘what ifs’ is a critical piece of the the food safety puzzle.
HACCP vs Food Safety? Find the right plan for your business
A proper food safety plan is necessary for business growth and success. Determining whether you need HACCP or a Food Safety Plan shouldn’t stop you from taking that next step. Let us show you how to determine what you need.
Using Grapefruit to Explore my Food System
I looked at grapefruit to explore my food system.
Grapefruit are part of the citrus family with some unique sensory and scientific qualities.
What Hope 2021 Gave Me For 2022
I find it helpful to look back to remember what I achieved in the last 12 months and have a moments of celebration. Perhaps I learned something that I can take forward to give me hope to make 2022 better.
Don’t let Stop Food Waste Day Distract You
April 28th 2021 is National Stop Food Waste Day. In this article I discuss why I have issues with the emphasis on recovering food distracting us from the larger issues of food justice.