by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Feb 1, 2022 | Food Safety
New Equipment to Prevent Foreign Bodies Do you recognize the following? ‘I am so excited. You know we received this non-conformity that we haven’t our foreign bodies under control. Well, I just signed off the budget to buy a new X-ray. So, this will solve our problem....
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Jan 24, 2022 | Quality
The life of a Quality Manual In recent years, many topics have been added to existing Quality and Food Safety Management Systems (- I’ll mention QFSMS where I mean Quality and Food Safety Management Systems, to keep it a bit shorter?). While most of us didn’t create...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Jan 20, 2022 | Food Safety
Yes, Everyone Has CCP’s, and Still We Find Foreign Bodies in Our Products Do you recognize the following? Many of us receive complaints on an ongoing basis and often even on a daily basis. The complaints are various, however many of the complaints contain...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Jan 18, 2022 | Food Safety
How to solve your challenges with Zoning In many facilities it is a challenge to implement a good way of routing of people and materials. WHY is this a challenge? And HOW can you change this? Are you working in a ‘Brown-Field’ or a...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Jan 5, 2022 | Management
Image of the Quality Department is … boring I often hear people say that quality and food safety is boring, only costs money and everything has to be according to QA department’s wishes. Or even that the employees of the ‘Quality’ Department...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Dec 31, 2021 | Food Safety, Quality
How to get the right level of Gowning everywhere Many people will understand that gowning is important for working in cleanrooms. But WHAT about gowning in a Medium Care zone or a Low Care zone or else in your facility? WHAT rules should you implement? HOW can you...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Dec 31, 2021 | Quality
How to Keep Your Quality and Food Safety Management System Up To Date In recent years, many topics have been added to existing Quality and Food Safety Management Systems (- I’ll mention QFSMS where I mean Quality and Food Safety Management Systems, to keep it a bit...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Sep 29, 2021 | Management
A Quality Manager is a very important function in a food manufacturing facility. On the other hand, there is a lot of variation in the role of a Quality Manager and of course also a lot of different skills that are needed. It al depends on how your company is...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Sep 28, 2021 | Food Safety
Ethylene Oxide, your questions answered. At Food Safety Experts we have a service called QFS Success Coaching. Our participants can schedule unlimited coaching calls with their coach and discuss the topics they would like to bring at the table. Many of our coaching...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Sep 1, 2020 | Management
Food Safety Budget….Often, food safety professionals struggle to secure the resources needed to guarantee food safety in their organizations. The current corona-virus pandemic makes the food safety professionals’ mission even more complicated. The current...
