TraceGains Explores Effects of FSMA on Artisan Cheese Makers
Westminster, CO, June 20, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Recent reports have suggested that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled against the use of wooden boards in the cheese making process, a tradition that has been in place for thousands of years. Jennifer Brusco, TraceGains’ Marketing Specialist, shared the recent FDA’s concerns on the company’s recent blog.
According to the FDA's Clarification on Using Wood Shelving in Artisanal Cheesemaking, the FDA has not prohibited or banned the long-standing practice of using wood shelving in artisanal cheese. The suggestion that the FDA's Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires any such action is also inaccurate.
Brusco explained that the concern stems from a recent communication from Monica Metz, a branch chief at the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition in response to a question posed by New York State. The statement was intended as background information and not as a definitive rule. In that statement, Metz said “The use of wooden shelves, rough or otherwise, for cheese ripening does not conform to [Current Good Manufacturing Practices] requirements, which require that ‘all plant equipment and utensils shall be so designed and of such material and workmanship as to be adequately cleanable, and shall be properly maintained.’”
The FDA has indicated that they will be engaging with members of the cheesemaking community, state officials, and others to better understand the process used with the wooden shelving to determine if there is a public health risk.
To read the entire blog, go to: http://www.tracegains.com/blog/artisan-cheese-makers-feel-effects-of-fsma.
TraceGains (www.tracegains.com) provides food and ingredient manufacturers and brokers with a web-based, full-service supplier, compliance, and regulatory document management solution that automates the management of supplier risk, data, and documentation, making companies 365 Audit Ready™.
TraceGains’ cloud-based SaaS solution works with in-house solutions such as quality management systems (QMS), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and product life-cycle management (PLM), to close the loop on upstream risk. This solution provides collaborative supplier management, and eases compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), and internal business compliance requirements including hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP).
TraceGains digitizes all incoming supplier documents, making them easily searchable. TraceGains also extracts critical data and analyzes them against customer-specific business and compliance rules, alerting stakeholders to any non-compliance.
TraceGains’ customers boast a four to six month return on their investment. TraceGains is Food Logistics Top 100 software and technology providers. Learn more about conquering the supplier data revolution at: http://www.tracegains.com/supplier-data-revolution. Follow TraceGains on Twitter @TraceGains.
TraceGains, Inc.
www.tracegains.com
Jennifer Brusco
Marketing Strategist
pr@tracegains.com
720-465-9400
According to the FDA's Clarification on Using Wood Shelving in Artisanal Cheesemaking, the FDA has not prohibited or banned the long-standing practice of using wood shelving in artisanal cheese. The suggestion that the FDA's Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires any such action is also inaccurate.
Brusco explained that the concern stems from a recent communication from Monica Metz, a branch chief at the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition in response to a question posed by New York State. The statement was intended as background information and not as a definitive rule. In that statement, Metz said “The use of wooden shelves, rough or otherwise, for cheese ripening does not conform to [Current Good Manufacturing Practices] requirements, which require that ‘all plant equipment and utensils shall be so designed and of such material and workmanship as to be adequately cleanable, and shall be properly maintained.’”
The FDA has indicated that they will be engaging with members of the cheesemaking community, state officials, and others to better understand the process used with the wooden shelving to determine if there is a public health risk.
To read the entire blog, go to: http://www.tracegains.com/blog/artisan-cheese-makers-feel-effects-of-fsma.
TraceGains (www.tracegains.com) provides food and ingredient manufacturers and brokers with a web-based, full-service supplier, compliance, and regulatory document management solution that automates the management of supplier risk, data, and documentation, making companies 365 Audit Ready™.
TraceGains’ cloud-based SaaS solution works with in-house solutions such as quality management systems (QMS), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and product life-cycle management (PLM), to close the loop on upstream risk. This solution provides collaborative supplier management, and eases compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), and internal business compliance requirements including hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP).
TraceGains digitizes all incoming supplier documents, making them easily searchable. TraceGains also extracts critical data and analyzes them against customer-specific business and compliance rules, alerting stakeholders to any non-compliance.
TraceGains’ customers boast a four to six month return on their investment. TraceGains is Food Logistics Top 100 software and technology providers. Learn more about conquering the supplier data revolution at: http://www.tracegains.com/supplier-data-revolution. Follow TraceGains on Twitter @TraceGains.
TraceGains, Inc.
www.tracegains.com
Jennifer Brusco
Marketing Strategist
pr@tracegains.com
720-465-9400
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Jennifer Brusco
720-465-9400
www.tracegains.com
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720-465-9400
www.tracegains.com
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