President Obama in 2011 signed FMSA, a work regulation set that changed the American Food Safety Systems for more than 70 years. The FDA published seven major regulations under FSMA, each one establishes new requirements creating responsibility in the industry to prevent pollution of food suppliers, instead of reacting to these issues. *FSMA regulations do

Talking about education and after time, there’s been a big effort to provide education with good quality, evolving in infrastructure, equipment, staff competence, new programs and ways to study aiming to follow one mission: to improve our society. Regarding the regulations, some institutions have fulfilled their challenges and transformed their goals, based on tools that

Throughout the years, ISO has published several standards for Environmental and Quality Management System with common elements, but with different structures. Companies that had implemented several standards in their management system face a challenge, which is finding a way to best integrate and combine standards until ISO developed an SL annex. SL annex created by

Food fraud is deceiving to obtaining a benefit from food. There are different types of food fraud, like the following:   Ingredients: by adding, substituting and adjusting; forgery of any ingredient to reduce cot or improve a feature. A false or misleading statement: to state a benefit or feature or origin in a label that’s

Privately or publicly, there are many companies in our countries with a quality management system implemented under ISO 9001 requirements that bet on to achieve trust, security and business excellence. A quality management system requires an evaluation regarding the client’s perception, this allows companies to know if the quality is perceived internally and externally. One

The preparation work of some international standards is made through technical committees of ISO (The International Organization for Standardization) that is the World Federation of National Bodies of Standardization. There are technical committees that vote to prepare and approve international standards. The international standard requires the approval of at list 75% of members with the

When discussing environmental and ecological matters, these two terms appeared, supported and sustainable development, both alternatives when talking about the future for a possible sustainable and supported development. These terms can apply in the economy, ecology or development, and social liability. Supported and sustainable development are considered synonyms. Based on their meaning, the dictionary tells

We live in a time that most people see technology as quality attention, accessibility, individualization, and reliability. Clients’ needs grow rapidly and at the same time replying time decreases and competence rises. The standardization of products turns customer care the focus of companies. Contemporary consumers indicate the path for the attention they want to receive;

Recently, food allergies have prevailed, awakening people’s interest. Currently, about 2-4% of adults and 6% of kids suffered a any type of food allergy. Even though we have more information than ever about food causing allergies, this matter is still a complex and difficult topic. What provokes a food allergy? The immune system protects the

The benefits of nanotechnology for the food industry are many and are expected to grow with time. This new, rapidly developing technology impacts every aspect of the food system from cultivation to food production to processing, packaging, transportation, shelf life and bioavailability of nutrients. The National Nanotechnology Initiative in the U.S. defines nanotechnology as the