Food equipment hygienic design is more important than ever before and is often addressed in a general manner in most regulatory and industry food safety programs.

Advancements in technology have led to unprecedented speed and ease in the definitive detection of specific pathogens of particular concern to the food industry.

Food packagers can borrow insight from the pharmaceutical industry for the best approaches to use for safe packaging.

Although food can become contaminated at any point during production, unsanitary conditions coupled with disease-carrying pests in food facilities can cause widespread outbreaks.

Preventive maintenance is an area where a well-documented program can provide a company not just with significant cost savings but also with data for future savings.

A large number of studies have examined the relationships between various manufacturing practices and the impact of such practices on food safety.  

Packaging companies are responding to new mandates to prevent contamination or misinformation before the product ever reaches the supply chain.

Microbiological cross-contamination has been a contributing factor to several well-documented outbreaks of foodborne illness.

Today’s food plant pest control programs should be effective, fully documented and automated.

To develop appropriate Good Manufacturing Practices, there are prerequisites with which the food manufacturing entity must comply.