Food Surety

Kia ora everyone, check out this afternoon's speaker spotlight! Ray Haddad from Food Surety.
Registrations close on 10 March. Register and view a draft programme here: https://www.nzieh.org.nz/our-conference

How spooky are your food safety systems? Is your team calm under pressure… or hiding from the auditor? 🧟

Take our Halloween Audit Readiness Quiz and find out how ready your food safety systems really are for the next audit 🎃

It’s a fun, spooky way to reflect on your food safety culture, and see whether you’re an Audit Legend or on the path to an Audit Apocalypse 💀

Give it a go and share the fun! 👇

https://www.foodsurety.com/halloween-audit-quiz?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=audit_readiness_quiz&utm_content=halloween_quiz_cta

💚 5 years of Food Surety 💚

From classroom to virtual training rooms, we’ve had the privilege of supporting thousands of food professionals on their journey to protect consumers and brands.

To our clients, learners, and partners, thank you for being part of the Food Surety story. This milestone belongs to you too! 🙌

Here’s to many more years of learning, growth, and food safety leadership. 💚

📌 Explore our courses 👇

🌏 Food safety training, now more accessible than ever 🌏
We believe everyone should have the chance to learn, succeed, and keep food safe — no matter their first language.

Our Introductory Food Safety e-learning now includes optional subtitles in 5 languages:
🇬🇧 English | 🇨🇳 Chinese | 🇮🇳 Hindi | 🇦🇪 Arabic | 🇪🇸 Spanish

✅ Designed for food handlers with English as a second language
✅ 18 interactive videos + quizzes
✅ 3–4 hours total study time
✅ Instant printable certificate — no waiting

💻 Enrol today and start learning in your preferred language.
https://www.foodsurety.com/course/food-safety-certification-online

As you know that the proper hygienic design of food processing equipment is crucial for ensuring food safety and quality. Check out these tips by Food Surety Limited to learn more about the significance of hygienic design in the food industry.

Discover some key considerations and best practices for maintaining sanitary conditions and preventing cross-contamination.

Enhance your knowledge and stay ahead in food safety!

Always a pleasure to work with great food professionals supporting them in producing safe food to protect consumers and the brands.

From food safety training (Food Hygiene certificate) to HACCP Certificate training to auditor training and more... we have it there for you... check out our courses today and enrol today. www.foodsurety.com

Food safety management systems are needed to produce safe food but it is people who do! Engaging your team and ensuring they are all thinking about food safety while doing their work is key.

Here is a post from Food Surety Blog that explains food safety culture and shares with you 12 tips that will help strengthen your workplace food safety culture.

It will be great to hear your thoughts and the tips you have to share, please leave those in the comments.



https://www.foodsurety.com/blog/food-safety-culture

Building Positive Food Safety Culture in Your Organization-Food Surety Learn about building food safety culture, its benefits and 12 tips for creating & maintaining positive Food safety culture at your organisation. Read it now.

Are you looking for a food safety and hygiene certificate training? Is it difficult to find one delivered in your city or near you, at a time that suit you? Well here is a solution for you.

Food safety certification course that meets regulatory requirements for food handlers training, cover the content of New Zealand Qualification Authority (NZQA) relevant unit standard.

Immediate start! On-demand 24/7. Complete at your own pace, you can start and stop as you like and your progress is saved. There is no need to rush since you have three months of access, get certified today and come back for a refresher anytime.

What are you waiting for? Become a confident food handler and meet customers, business and council requirements, enrol now! engage with other trainees and the trainers in the discussion board and enjoy the activities included.

Four hours total including 18 short videos, activities, and exercises followed by an open book assessment to achieve and download your certificate. Enrol today!

https://www.foodsurety.com/course/food-safety-certification-online

Introductory Food Safety Training - e-learning - Food Surety Basic food hygiene course. Try it for free. 3 months access. Best value. Enrol! Meet MPI & council food handler training intent. 167 & 168 units based

Are you engaged in applying a HACCP-based system at your workplace, particularly a Food Control Plan? Here are tips that can help Food Control Plan Operators, which is a HACCP-based food safety management system mandatory for certain food businesses in New Zealand i.e. food service, catering, and many others... most of these tips will be applicable to any HACCP-based system really!

How does food control plan compliance help your business?
- It is a legal requirement for certain types of businesses e.g. restaurants, and cafes. This means you have to effectively implement it to satisfy your local council verifier and keep the door open!

- It helps you produce safe and suitable food protecting consumers and the brand

- Workplaces that use an FCP have less chance of getting food poisoning complaints and product recalls, which can seriously damage your business reputation and bottom line

- It maintains consistency as your team members follow documented procedures

- Effective implementation of a control plan should save you money! Less waste, reduced compliance cost, and efficient operations.

There are a few key considerations you need to take into account when implementing your Food Safety Plan:

1. As an owner or operator you should prioritize food safety and demonstrate your commitment to it.
Put it this way, if you cut one corner your team will cut 10.

2. Make sure you have a clear understanding of the requirements of the food rules detailed in the Food Act 2014 and the Food Regulations 2015.
Usually what you need to know is clearly stated in the Template plan itself.

3. Use the template food control plan as a guide, but tailor it to your specific business needs. Keep the sections that apply to your operations and move the ones that do not to the back of the folder. Of course, using a cloud-based/digital plan is a strong option you can consider.

There are some great digital options out there that come with some advanced features to simplify food safety compliance. You can have your plan, documents, and records on your smartphone, tablets, and computer and can access them online meeting the requirements of New Zealand food safety standards.

4. Make sure you have adequate staff training on food safety procedures. Templates and food safety systems are important but it is people who produce safe food! Make sure you provide them with introductory food hygiene training and clearly communicate your expectations around prioritising food safety. This is what will help your brand grow in the long term really.

5. Pay attention to the common problematic areas highlighted in the next section below

To read the full details and learn about 5 of the most common nonconformances in identified in verifications, please read the full blog post!
https://www.foodsurety.com/blog/food-control-plan

As usual, Keen to hear your thoughts.

5 Tips For Template Food Control Plan Operators - Food Surety Limited This article explains what a Template Food Control Plan (tFCP) is, why should you effectively implement it, and 5 tips to help you protect consumers, your business, and your brand.

Good news I suppose. "Expanding the knowledge base to understand the diversity of listeria will save the commercial food world confusion and errors, as well as prevent contamination, explain false positives and thwart foodborne outbreaks." said lead author Catharine R. Carlin, a doctoral student in food science.

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Scientists discover five new species of listeria, improving food safety While examining the prevalence of listeria in agricultural soil throughout the U.S., Cornell University food scientists have stumbled upon five previously unknown and novel relatives of the bacteria.

Inspite of COVID19 lockdowns, food businesses have to continue making safe and suitable food available for consumers... Food professionals still face the same usual challenges and a few more...

At Food Surety we are committed to supporting food professionals doing what is right with confidence and we are still delivering the best possible courses virtually for now. Last month we have made available and delivered virtually two advanced HACCP courses to a number of great professionals from varied sectors of the food industry, from apiaries, to mashroom production, RTE salads, hospital kitchen and kiwifruit packhouse...

We have a few spaces left in our HACCP courses of next week and the week after, so be quick.

Advanced HACCP 21 & 22 Oct.
Intoductory HACCP 29th October

Explore Food Surety's HACCP courses on the link below, and yes the Codex 2020 HACCP Forum is still for free and you are welcome to join the hundreds of professionals on it.

https://lnkd.in/gSKu3DsF

HACCP Training Courses - Food Surety New Zealand in-person classroom & virtual HACCP certification workshops. International HACCP Alliance Accredited. Meet MPI, GFSI, SQF, BRCGS requirements. Enrol now!