Cannabis Recalls: Lessons Learned from Contamination
In the first part of this series, we looked at labelling errors, the number one cause of cannabis recall events in Canada since legalization in 2018. In this article, we will explore another cri...
A Guide to Enhanced Allergen Control for Food Manufacturers
Undeclared allergens have long been the number one cause of food recalls in the US. Here in Canada, where 1-in-2 households are affected by food allergies, undeclared allergens were responsible ...
Labelling Errors are the Leading Cause of Canadian Cannabis Recalls
Three years ago, Canada became one of the first countries in the world to legalize and regulate cannabis. We’ve covered various aspects of cannabis regulation since, but now with a few years o...
How to Launch a Bulletproof Preventive Control Plan
There are two reasons to maintain a food safety program in a processing facility: it makes for safer products (and if you do it right, better quality too) and...it is a legal requirement in most...
Maximizing Margins with Icicle’s Expiration Management Features
Why pour money literally down the drain? According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, 10% of ingredients that enter food and beverage processing facilities become avoidable food loss. Ici...
Here We Grow! A Warm Welcome to New Icicle Team Additions
Icicle helps hundreds of companies streamline food safety, traceability, quality control, production and so much more with our unified, data-driven ERP solution. Despite the challenges of the pa...
HACCP Doesn’t Have to Be a Burden with Icicle Food ERP
Many food companies look upon government food safety regulations as a burden that must be borne – but is this actually the case? What if the common food safety methodologies, combined with the...
6 Ways Data-Driven Food ERP Systems Help Optimize Operational Costs
Icicle’s Food ERP software provides real-time monitoring of the food processing supply chain, delivering a constant stream of information with actionable insights for food and cannabis produce...
Unnecessary Obstacles for the Canadian Edibles Market (in Cannabis Industry Journal)
Canada’s rollout of legal cannabis edibles has been a rocky one, under-performing expectations – but why is this the case? Icicle creator and CEO Steven Burton recently wrote an op-ed in Can...
New Icicle ERP Features: Search, Scan, and Do More for Food Production Management
Our new Feature Request Forum is buzzing with great ideas from Icicle’s ERP users, and new items are getting rapidly ticked off our development list. In this issue of “New Features,” we pi...
TMRW Foods Scales Up with Data-Driven Systems Powered by Icicle
We caught up with Dean Blignaut, Co-Founder and President of TMRW Foods, to learn how Icicle has helped his business foster a data-driven food safety culture from day one. Mee...
Icicle Technologies Recognized by “Ready to Rocket” Again in 2021
RICHMOND, BC (March 25 2021) ‒ Icicle Technologies Inc. was selected for the 2021 "Ready to Rocket" list under Agri-Food, demonstrating their advantageous position in the agri-food sector with...