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 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 | 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...
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...