Food Traceability Implementation Strategies: Fast Solutions to Common Bottlenecks
Speed is essential to effective food traceability, but outdated practices could block your efforts. Discover how to avoid these issues here.| blog.aibinternational.com
2025 has seen significant upheaval for the FDA, which means serious change for the food manufacturing industry as well. Budget cuts and substantial workforce reductions are likely to lead to casualties in communication capabilities and directly impact inspections and oversight. It’s essential to prepare accordingly to maintain a strong food safety culture throughout your operations.| AIB International Blog
Speed is essential to effective food traceability, but outdated practices could block your efforts. Discover how to avoid these issues here.| blog.aibinternational.com
Between political, environmental, and social disruptions, food supply chain management is a serious challenge for manufacturers looking to maintain product integrity. These interruptions can lead to unintended lapses in food safety and product quality; couple these issues with complex supply chains and stricter supply chain regulations, like the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA’s) traceability rule, and you have a recipe for noncompliance.| AIB International Blog
Avoiding allergen cross-contact is a top concern in food manufacturing facilities. Read on for more about the definition of cross-contact and how to avoid it.| blog.aibinternational.com
Preventive Controls Qualified Individuals (PCQIs) are a required asset for most FDA-regulated food manufacturers under current Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) guidelines. But optimizing operations is about more than just meeting basic compliance standards; if you want to streamline operations and maximize efficiency in your facility, simply checking the ‘PCQI’ box isn’t enough.| AIB International Blog
The preventive controls qualified individual (PCQI) role, created under 21 CFR 117, carries significant responsibility — designing and implementing food safety plans, auditing processes and procedures, and validating and testing compliance regularly. But if you ask the average PCQI what they produce, you're likely to get an answer that has little to do with safe food: "I produce documents."| AIB International Blog
Predictive analytics and big data are influencing preventive control measures. Here’s how PCQIs can harness these tools for proactive risk management.| blog.aibinternational.com
The PCQI role was first introduced in 2015 to align with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) passed by Congress in 2011. Over a decade later, the world is very different: New threats like COVID-19 and Avian Influenza have emerged, existing threats have intensified, climate change has advanced and may be accelerating, and supply chains are longer and more complex than ever. Maintaining food safety is a more challenging goal than it was; keeping up requires a proactive approach to anticipa...| AIB International Blog
PCQIs are an increasingly important part of modern food safety, but how did we get here, and how can food manufacturers make PCQIs a competitive advantage?| blog.aibinternational.com
While everyone knows about clean hands and sanitized surfaces, one major food safety risk is often overlooked: the equipment slicing, mixing, cooking, and packaging the products going out your facility’s doors.| AIB International Blog
Training for a crisis is hard in the best of cases, but especially so when it comes to food safety. Read our tactical tips so your next crisis doesn't catch you off guard.| blog.aibinternational.com
Food safety recalls have been on the rise for several years, and consumer trust in food safety has declined as a result. Read on to learn how the food industry can regain this lost consumer confidence.| blog.aibinternational.com
