by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Apr 25, 2017 | Food Safety
Introduction of Campylobacter and what food is found in From a recent report of the USA’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) we learn that for the first time in 20 years, Campylobacter has taken the #1 position from Salmonella for causing food borne illnesses in the...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Mar 21, 2017 | Food Safety, Management, Quality
Have Succesfully Create Sense of Urgency Do you have difficulties as a Quality Manager to convince your senior management to give priority to quality and food safety? Do you struggle to get engagement from the wider organization when it comes to seeing the importance...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Mar 14, 2017 | Food Safety
Introduction Are you sure your allergen management approach is 100% fool proof. Do you think you will never have issues with allergens in your products? Too often quality managers find out when it is too late that their allergen management approach was not fully...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Feb 21, 2017 | Food Safety
Introduction Root Cause E. coli in Wheat Flour In 2016 E. coli outbreaks were one of the major issues globally leading to product recalls in the food industry. Especially the wheat industry has been hit hard: General Mills had a huge recall in 2016, the issue resulted...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Feb 14, 2017 | Food Safety
Introduction Listeria Monocytogenes Did you know that although the number of people infected by foodborne Listeria Monocytogenes is relatively low, Listeria Monocytogenes is one of the leading causes of death from foodborne illness? Next to creating nausea, vomiting,...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Feb 7, 2017 | Algemeen, Food Safety, Management, Quality
Introduction how manager can solve the problem Do you have a feeling you are managing quality for your organization just for compliance reasons, just to have a certificate on the wall? This happens in many organizations. What people fail to see is that real, impactful...
