Readers have approached Food Review and asked whether there is a difference between ISO 22000 and SANS 10330. The answer is clearly yes. Juanita Louw, from ProCert Southern Africa helped to clarify.
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The Consumer Protection Act is set to change the face of business in SA. Roxanne Rolando attended a one day seminar, hosted by FOCUS4 consulting and presented by food lawyer, Janusz Luterek, on the basics of this monster of an Act.
Consumers in SA have been waiting for more than four years for the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) to be promulgated and signed by the president of SA, and by the 1 April 2011, it was put into full affect. Read more...
According to Jan Delport from the GI Foundation of South Africa (GIFSA), he says as an independent endorsement agency, GIFSA thinks it is not ethical to make a low GI claim on a product that might be high in saturated fat and sodium. It may be a fact, but that does not necessarily make it ethical, reports Delport.
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NSF-CMi Africa and Genesis QA recently launched the Genesis Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) standard for food safety in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Developed specifically for small to medium enterprise, it is designed to assess entry-level food processors abilities to comply with food-safety requirements.
At Interpack 2011, Bizerba will be presenting new inspection systems for manual and fully-automated production lines that use X-ray and camera technology. Using these systems, foodstuff manufacturers can increase their product safety and also meet the requirements of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) guidelines and the International Food Standards (IFS).
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