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What Does a Food Safety Audit Entail?
It is critical that establishments offering food services, from restaurants, supermarkets and hotels to
fast food outlets, corporate kitchens and catering services, adhere to a solid food safety p...

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Food Quality Compliance Testing: Whose Responsibility Is It?
Imagine you’ve just sent out a batch of products to be sold in retail, only to find out there was
significant spoilage and somebody has been harmed. It’s a frightening thought, not only because of...

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The Basics of Food Safety Accredited Training
As a business in the food value chain, food safety training is a must for the success and endurance of
your organisation.
Food safety is critical to ensuring consumer safety and trust. This is ...

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What is Biotoxin Testing in Seafood?
There is a common misconception that food straight from nature is always ready to be eaten
immediately. It comes from the earth or the ocean so it should be safe right? Not always.
Some seafood...

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Are You Ensuring Dairy Product Safety?
Dairy is a staple in many people’s diet. It is an accessible and affordable food group that many
people rely on to sustain a healthy lifestyle. As a result, we are sure we do not need to emphasize...

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Aflatoxin: A Major Concern for Food Safety
As a business in the food supply chain, toxic chemicals are a threat that we all face. According to the
World Health Organisation (WHO), about 600 million people become sick after eating contamina...

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Food Safety: Chemistry Testing
When you think of food products, do you think of chemicals? As a food or beverage manufacturer you should. Food chemistry – or chemistry testing to be more specific ...

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Food Safety: Diagnostic Testing
Did you know that food safety testing also involves helping sick animals? It may sound surprising but the field is a lot broader than most people think.
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Food Safety: Microbiology Testing
What does microbiology have to do with food safety? More than you think. It is one of the main aspects of overall testing in South Africa, in fact. Failing to do the...

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What you need to know about nutritional profiling
To consumers, a label on a food product is nothing but a guide to help them make purchasing
choices. But to manufacturers of foodstuffs, the labels are much more than that.
Labels on food product...