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Food Focus Newsletter 2019 Issue 8

By: Food Focus on 24 July 2019

So much news, so little time!

We have some interesting articles and news to share this week: including a conversation with the Environmental Health Practitioners, insights on the new FSSC 22000 ver 5, exciting updates to our upcoming Food Safety Culture Train the Trainer Course, and the release of SANS10049:2019.

And don't forget to signup for tomorrow's webinar on Food Micro!

Podcast with the EHPs

Some of the most common questions we receive relate to Certificates of Acceptability (COA). We asked two experienced environmental health practitioners from the City of Ekurhuleni to share insights with us.
Samantha Lange and Estelle Nienaber gave us some practical and useful advice, so make sure to listen to this quick 5 minutes podcast!

View This Short Podcast Here

Articles

FSSC 22000 V5 First Impressions

ISO 22000 updated its food safety management system in June 2018 and consequently an updated FSSC 22000 was compulsory. FSSC 22000 Version 5 rolled out with more changes...

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Important parameters to measure for meat processors

We all consume food daily and take it for granted that the producer offers us, as consumers, fresh and digestible goods. However, a considerable effort is involved in providing unrestricted enjoyment..

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Webinar

Join Shane Rimmel of Food Consulting Services (FCS) and Linda Jackson of Food Focus as they discuss Microbiological trouble shooting – and what to do when you get a positive result.

Don't miss the chance to be apart of this webinar on Thursday...

Upcoming Events

Food Safety Culture - Train the Trainer Workshop

Linda Jackson of Food Focus chats about some of the reasons why Food Safety Culture is an important skills to be able to teach in your business or to food safety professionals.