Food Focus Newsletter - Issue 12

By: Food Focus on 05 June 2020

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We have more news than we have space to share in this week's edition of our newsletter. The 7th of June is World Food Safety Day and we have had a week chock full of food safety  webinars, articles and conversations. We hope you enjoy this week's roundup! A Week of Webinars! Leading up to the 7th of June, authorities, industry associations & stakeholders have collaborated to create awareness and share knowledge on this topic. #worldfoodsafetyday2020 Ensure it's Safe Governments must ensure safe and nutritious food for all View The Recording Now Grow it Safe The Role of Primary Producers in food safety View The Recording Now   Keep it Safe Business Operators must make sure all food is safe View The Recording Now   Team up for Safety Working together to build a food safety culture View The Recording Now   Eat it Safe Food Safety in the Restaurant Industry View The Recording Now   REPEATED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND 10 JUNE 2020 World Food Safety Day - Food safety is a team effort. Don't miss out on your chance to register for this webinar! Register Now! Webinars you might have Missed How to tackle digital transformation in your food business With the COVID 19 pandemic ongoing and many industries still in lockdown, many of us have explored the digital options in an attempt to continue with business, but for true digital transformation... View The Recording Latest Articles A range of relevant content from subject matter experts.     Food safety basics during COVID 19 – Handwashing 101 International guidance is consistent that there is currently no evidence that the SARS CoV2 virus is spread via food. International guidance is also consistent that hand washing is key to preventing the spread of the virus... Read The Full Article Here As we celebrate World Environment Day on 5 June, it seems fitting to look at the 10 Best Environmental Management Practices for the Food Industry This report describes best practices (called best environmental management practices, BEMPs) that can provide food and beverage manufacturers with inspiration and practical guidance on how to improve their environmental performance... Read The Full Article Here The Latest Edition of Food & Beverage Reporter Here are just some of the features include... Food Safety Management Systems & Covid Alarm over proposed changes to Meat Safety Act World Food Safety Day 2020 Programme Insect Farming could help give the earth a break Branding & Searing systems Alcohol ban has major supply chain consequences Read the Latest Edition Now Our Advertisers Standards & Certification now more important than ever NSF is considered a provider of essential services in most global jurisdictions during this critical period. “We are taking numerous precautions to protect our teams and customers, such as utilizing remote methods to conduct required audits and providing additional online training options,” said Wouter Conradie, MD of NSF Africa. Find out more now COVID-19 Risk Assessment Audits and Consulting Requirements starting from Level 4 Lockdown have indicated that businesses are required to perform a risk assessment for the spread of COVID-19 to ensure that such risk is minimised. Find out more now Find out more now Press Releases PMA Hires new country manager for South Africa   Read the Press Release Here   Tomra Food starts working with the renderers of pet food ingredients Read The Press Release Here COVID-19 Pandemic Related to the concept of Force Majeure (Act of God) by Hanno Bekker    Read the Press Release Here This is just the tip of the ice berg, take a look at the rest of our gallery. Bringing you the latest industry press releases Missed our Monday Motivations? If you've missed the last two weeks of Monday Motivations, here's your chance to binge watch  Food Focus as they chat to some university students for some Monday Motivation! Central University of Technology (CUT) VIEW THE RECORDING University of Pretoria - Food science VIEW THE RECORDING New to our Supplier Directory A warm welcome to these businesses that have recently signed up  Looking for something specific? Browse our Directory here... SEARCH FOR A SERVICE PROVIDER NICD Guidance Physical distancing is a way to limit close and frequent contact between people to help slow the spread of COVID-19. The NICD shares practical tips on physical distancing And last but not least... We really value all the hard work that you do in making our food, and we would like to brag about it to the industry... so send us your team photo! Send us your Team's Photo to Share!

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