Criminals are getting more sophisticated in the tactics they’re utilising to defraud businesses. A scam where criminals impersonate the email accounts of Chief Executives was announced to have cost global businesses more than $US2 billion in little over two years according to the FBI. Recently, a client of ours was also caught out by this attack which cost them around…
After months of proposals and briefings, China has now revised its food safety laws for the first time in six years. The full article is here.
The story of the Blue Bell ice-cream recall is one of enormous scale, spanning nearly seven months, with Blue Bell dispensing over 30% of its workforce, selling a third of its business, and recalling its entire inventory. Read the full timeline and analysis here.
As Bumble Bee foods have discovered, an unforeseen workplace incident can have potentially fatal ramifications. Do your workplace safety measures effectively mitigate your risk exposure and promote the utmost safety of your employees?
With the mining boom all but over, commentators are hungry to seek the next driver for Australia’s growth. And with a fast growing middle class in Asia seeking more products for consumption, the Asian Food Bowl becomes an obvious source of potential. This Asian potential was reinforced with the 2014 trade mission by the Prime Minister and 600 or so of…
Patties Foods ran into a number of difficulties when conducting their Nanna’s berries recall, but the most surprising was the lack of Hepatitis A testing facilities in Australia.
How quickly would a fire spread through your building?
After reading the report issued by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade into the cause of the fire that ripped through Melbourne’s Lacrosse tower in November last year, it struck me how similar the issues highlighted by this incident are to the Insulated Sandwich Panel exposure faced by many Australian Food and Beverage organisations. In particular, the legal action being considered by…
Taiwan’s government has launched a food safety office as a means to quell public outrage.
The owner of a small business has avoided a “nightmare” by having rigorous food safety procedures in place.
