by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | May 16, 2022 | Management
CAPA, What Does CAPA Stand For? One of the questions I often get is: ” WHAT does CAPA stand for?”. CAPA is the short name for Corrective and Preventive Actions. Many of us are focused on the CA-part to implement corrective actions. However, the PA-part to...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Apr 5, 2022 | Management
Food Safety And The Challenge of Goals Time flies when you are having fun and time flies when you are busy solving issues. How did you experience your last few months? Where you very busy with appraisal meetings with your staff? Secondly, did you and your staff make a...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Apr 4, 2022 | Management
The Right QA-Person To Perform The Right Task In the last couple of years many things have changed. A lot of companies had to pivot. We saw issues with not having enough staff to perform the job, ingredients that were not available, energy and transportation costs...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Mar 2, 2022 | Allergen, Food Safety
What is the biggest challenge with Allergens? According to a poll I created at LinkedIn many of us find the following challenging: What is Cross-Contamination? The definition of Cross-Contamination is according to the Cambridge Dictionary ‘the process by...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Feb 18, 2022 | Allergen, Food Safety, Labelling
What are the Challenges with Allergen Management? You probably know someone who has an intolerance or an allergy for something. Let’s focus on allergens in the food industry. Although all foods have the potential to cause an allergic reaction, most food allergies are...
