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BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9: New Advancements in Food Safety Regulations

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The release of BRCGS Food Safety Issue 9 on 1 August 2022 introduces significant advancements in the realm of food safety requirements. This update places particular emphasis on food safety culture, validation and verification processes, training and competence standards, and the audit protocol. Version 9 accentuates the improvement of food safety culture within organizations, necessitates the validation of changes prior to implementation, extends training obligations to encompass all staff members, and introduces a novel audit option called the “blended audit.”

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Innosuisse funds phage engineering project for the specific detection of listeria species

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Environmental monitoring is one of the best means to prevent end product contamination by rigorous early process controls. However, current measures for risk management within food processing facilities are insufficient as testing methods mostly require a high capital investment. The outsourcing of these services, on the other hand, leads to more time wasted until corrective measures can be performed. Over the last decades, the field of fast lab-free bacterial tests started to emerge.

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