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SQF Edition 10: What Actually Changes and How to Get Ready
Edition 10 is a structural update, not a refresh. The five changes that take real work, in the order to start them, from...
Jeffrey Strout · Aug 09, 2026 · 2 min read
Building a HACCP Plan That Survives an Audit
The difference between a HACCP plan that passes review and one that runs the floor: hazard analysis you can defend, CCPs...
Steven Moussawer · Jul 25, 2026 · 2 min read
FSMA 204 Traceability: The Records You Need Before July 2028
Enforcement is set for July 20, 2028. The Critical Tracking Events, the Key Data Elements, and why the records you captu...
Jeffrey Strout · Jul 10, 2026 · 2 min read
Environmental Monitoring: Zones, Sampling, and the Trend Review That Counts
An EMP that finds nothing is not a clean facility, it is a program that is not looking. Zoning, site selection, and the...
Jeffrey Strout · Jun 25, 2026 · 2 min read
Supplier Approval That Holds Up: COAs, Qualifications, and the Paper Trail
Your product inherits every risk your suppliers ship you. A working approval program: risk-ranking, the documents that m...
Steven Moussawer · Jun 10, 2026 · 2 min read
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