Icicle Selected as BC Rising Star Award Finalist
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 a finalist for the BC Rising Star award. Icicle is […]
On Food Online: The Benefits Of Automating Food Safety
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 for food manufacturers and processors to move into the 21st […]
Burton Software Wins Frost & Sullivan Award for Cloud Computing Innovation
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 for its work with Ontario-based client, Hayter’s Turkey Farm. The […]
On the Tencer & Grose Show: Food Safety Issues in Canada
According to Public Health Agency of Canada, four million Canadians will come down with food poisoning this year. You would think that in today’s day and age, foodborne illness wouldn’t be an issue anymore, especially with the food you buy in the supermarket. But is that true? Dan Tencer and Andrew Grose interview Steven Burton, […]
Paperless HACCP Plans: The Value of Food Safety Software
by Karine Lawrence, Sirocco Food + Wine Food safety specialists working in industry know that developing and maintaining a HACCP-based food safety program requires a significant amount of administrative paperwork. With pressures to go paperless coupled with increasing regulatory and industry requirements, more and more food businesses are turning to computer solutions to manage food […]
Vancouver Sun Reports: Kosher Check Integrates Food Safety with Icicle
by Jenny Lee, Vancouver Sun Take a little non-profit agency run by an innovative orthodox rabbi — in no way a contradiction in terms — and you get Kosher Check, a Vancouver kosher certification agency that sends rabbinical inspectors as far away as India and China. “Companies want to get kosher certification because it makes […]
From Food Engineering Magazine: HACCP Software
In November, Food Engineering Magazine published an article looking at HACCP software called “HACCP Software: Get with the Program!” by Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor. Excerpt from Food Engineering Magazine: From HACCP forms generation to automated track-and-trace systems, affordable software tools make FSMA compliance easier for small and medium-sized processors, and can reduce the potential […]
IFSQN Profiles Icicle as Affordable for Small Food Manufacturers
Read this press release on SBWire. International Food Safety Quality Network (IFSQN) just published a feature article about Burton Software, maker of Icicle, a solution for middle and small food manufacturers. In the article titled, “Affordable Global Food Safety Now a Reality,” Thomas R. Cutler, industrial journalist, noted that for many small food manufacturers, finding […]
Burton Software Provides Essential Features to Assure Food Quality
Read this press release on SBWire. Steven Burton is the founder of Burton Software Inc., which offers the first affordable cloud-based solution to improve the safety of the world’s food supply. Icicle, the flagship technology enables companies involved in the production, processing, and distribution of food products to develop and verify food safety plans that […]