After yet another major product recall - this time 825,769 lbs of ground beef distributed across the western US under several brand and product names - we are reminded that having an audit trail of supply chain, safety and standards expectation information as well as updated information about suppliers is critical to responding quickly in [...]

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Recent announcements that more than $1B will likely be added to the FDA’s proposed budget to improve food safety enforcement does not mean that Consumer Product companies are out of the woods on product safety. A recent survey by IBM found that 80% of consumers do not trust food companies to produce and sell [...]

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It seems a week can’t go by without yet another product supply safety scare traced to international supply chains. This week’s episode provides some of the scariest headlines yet: Tainted baby formula.

It also points to another aspect of international supply chains that requires increasingly sophisticated oversight by spend management organizations. We typically think [...]

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While the drumbeat of headlines on food safety rolls on (this week’s special: salmonella in raw tomatoes), the most intriguing news item for food safety fans was a report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) stating that the FDA had yet to implement much of its own “food protection plan” they unveiled before Congress [...]

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