by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Mar 19, 2019 | Algemeen
In March 2017 the EU parliament and the commission adopted Regulation 2017/625 on Official Controls on food and feed – Official Controls Regulation. Most of its provisions will be applied in December 2019. The new Regulation incorporates (and repeals) several...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Oct 22, 2018 | Food Fraud
Which Food Fraud and other hazards are causing issues? Did you know that approximately 50% of the major issues and recalls faced by food producers are not originating from the food producing company itself? To a large extent these major issues and recalls originate at...
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...
by Kitty Appels & Rob Kooijmans | Oct 21, 2016 | Labelling
Labelling Did you know that Labelling is the single biggest root cause for product recalls in the food industry? Labelling mistakes are the single biggest reason for recalls in food products which are caused by companies themselves (50% of the issues is still...