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 […]
New Features: Maintenance Management in Food Safety and More
We are proud to introduce the latest series of enhancements to the Icicle food production management system, including ongoing improvements in Occupational Health & Safety as well as Maintenance Management features. Thanks to the great feedback we get from Icicle users, we have also made some adjustments to make your jobs easier with things like […]
3 Questions to Ask Before Buying Food Safety ERP Software
It wasn’t so long ago that the standard for the industry was paper binders. Today, the range and quality of technology solutions is wide enough that most people don’t know what to look for, or what makes one software solution stand out in comparison to another. So what makes the difference when it comes to […]
Global Food Safety Resource Asks How to Choose Food Safety Software
This week, Global Food Safety Resource (GFSR) published a guest blog post from Steven Burton, creator of Icicle food safety management system, about the two most important things to ask when evaluating a food safety software solution. Aiming to communicate best practices in the area of food safety to food professionals worldwide through multiple digital […]
New Funding Opportunity Prioritizes Food Safety Software, Recommends Icicle
RICHMOND, BC (FEBRUARY 9, 2017) ‒ The Icicle food production management platform is now a recommended software vendor for the re-launched Post-Farm Food Safety & Traceability Program that makes up to $35,000 available to BC food producers to improve food safety and traceability. Icicle is a cloud-based software solution that simplifies regulatory compliance by enabling […]