The Technology Behind Automated Vendor Management
Contamination recalls from the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) surged by an unprecedented 167% over the first half of 2016. This rise is largely attributed to tighter regulations and technological advances but also reflects the realities of our increasingly complex and interconnected food chain. As many of last year’s recalls illustrate, a single defective […]
New Features: Laboratory Management, Custom Integrations
In the last few months, we’ve radically extended our laboratory management capabilities (more on this to come) as well as introducing robust new features for third-party, custom integrations with Icicle. There are a bunch of fun odds and ends as well, each designed to make the work of Icicle users easier and more efficient. Laboratory […]
Is HACCP Dead? FSMA Compliance and the FSPCA
Since the new FSMA rules regarding Preventive Controls (PC) were introduced last year, food companies are facing some confusion around how to comply to these requirements. An alternate format of a food safety plan that includes PCs was put forward by the FSPCA but has muddied the waters further. So what’s really going on? What […]
On GFSR: Improving Food Safety on Farms with Big Data
Icicle creator and food safety expert Steven Burton was featured in a guest blog on Global Food Safety Resource (GFSR) this week, Improving Food Safety on Farms with Big Data, following his previous guest blogs on temperature control and food safety technology and how to choose food safety software earlier this year. This week’s post […]
When Maintenance Management and Food Safety Come Together
Maintenance management plays an integral part the successful operation of any facility, ensuring product quality and maximizing productivity. Downtime for a food packaging line, for example, leads to thousands of dollars of lost revenue per hour. But Maintenance Management is also critical for any food safety plan; malfunctioning equipment or improper procedures can lead to […]
New Features: Production Forecasting, Global Inventory View & More
We are pleased to announce a new series of features for Icicle this summer (or winter for our users in the Southern hemisphere) that will help our users maximize the efficiency of their operations through new Production Forecasting and Production Status interfaces, a Global Inventory View, and new Meetings interfaces. Production Forecasting & Status When […]
Funding Food Safety in Canada: Province by Province
While compliance deadlines for the Safe Food for Canadians Act draw near, many food businesses still haven’t implemented a HACCP-based food safety program as required by the Act. The new food safety regulations are part of a big government push – federal and provincial – to modernize the country’s food safety, traceability, and biosecurity assurance […]
With GFSR: Temperature Control and Food Safety
We are happy to be featured again over at Global Food Safety Resource (GFSR), this time in an article on temperature control and food safety technology. GFSR provides trusted content in over 60 languages to provide unbiased, open-source information and resources to food professionals worldwide. The article asks: since temperature control is such an important […]
The Future of Temperature Control and Food Safety
Temperature control has always been a major food safety issue and regulators continue to turn up the heat, particularly with the new FSMA rules around transportation. Technology plays a critical role in prolonging shelf-life and addressing other quality issues, but it also helps prevent food safety failures caused by temperature mismanagement, one of the top […]