Managing a Complex Production Run with Icicle: A Case Study with The Chai Company
Our friends at The Chai Company, Director of Operations Simon Lam and QA Manager Barbara Jedrzejewska, were kind enough to sit down with us and discuss how they solved some of their operational efficiency challenges by going digital and creating a centralized data hub for vendor management, inventory, food safety, and quality assurance with the […]
From Manual Processes to Paperless Automation: A Case Study with Natural Grocers
Meet Natural Grocers When the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was introduced in 2011, it became a big motive for food companies to improve their quality assurance procedures to meet upcoming compliance deadlines, one notable example being HACCP requirements. We sat down with Sheryl Grider, QA Manager at Natural Grocers, to find out how […]
From the Richmond News: Food-safe Recipe Part of Cloud-based Tech
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 system, most small and large food manufacturers do not have […]
Spirituality vs Science: Is Kosher Food Safer?
As you rush past the tempting baked goods aisle in the supermarket searching for your beloved produce section, a kosher symbol catches your eye. You walk up to the package and notice the word ‘parve’ is written on it. What’s a parve? – you think to yourself – and what is “kosher” anyway? With all […]
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 […]