Facing over 70 felony counts, Peanut Corporation of America owner Stewart Parnell and his brother Michael Parnell received sentences yesterday of 48 years in prison between them. In 2009, more than 700 hundred people contracted Salmonella from an unknown food source, resulting in 9 deaths.
Watch this special webinar in honour of Food Safety Education Month, “Talking Through the Supply Chain: Rising Recalls & Food Safety Technology”. The panel discussion brings together experts to discuss technology, transparency, and communication in the food supply chain in a time of rising recalls.
by Philip Raphael, Richmond News You may want to put down your food and reconsider what you’re eating if you happen to be reading this and having a meal. According to a Richmond-based software development firm that has produced a food safety monitoring and reporting
This article, published by Food Safety Tech, was written by Icicle creator Steven Burton. With nearly one in every six Americans falling prey to foodborne illnesses each year, food safety is a major public health issue. For several decades, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) provided
Read the whole PR at Progressive Dairyman Canada. The Icicle food safety solution, created by Burton Software Inc., is the latest product to excite companies in the food industry. This award-winning application allows users to create and manage internationally compliant food safety programs a lot
On June 17 & 18, 2015, we participated in the annual FoodProWest event from the BC Food Processors Association, which was the largest and most successful yet in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The creators and parent company of Icicle, Burton Software Inc., was nominated as
This article appeared on Food Online as a guest column It’s rare for the terms “food safety” and “software” to be used together in the same sentence. However, with the migration from manual to automated systems occurring in almost every other industry, is it time
Master sausage roll maker, Paul Tolnai from P&S Frozen Foods, describes the benefits of automating food safety programs using Icicle in a federally regulated environment. “We first became HACCP certified about 12 years ago. We’ve been using Icicle for about two or three years now
Read this press release on PR Web>>> A Richmond-based, food safety software company, Burton Software Inc., has scooped a prestigious Frost & Sullivan CIO Impact award for its transformative food safety technology. The company was recognized as a Technology Partner in the Cloud Computing category
Canada and the US are rolling out new regulations for enforcement of food safety legislation which can result in: loss of license, fines, and ultimately loss of market share for non-conforming businesses. Food manufacturers were once responsible for policing themselves via HAACP plans and ISO