Food safety, traceability and sustainability blog

FDA Strengthens Effort to Make More Use of its Mandatory Recall Authority

“When issues arise that would put consumers at risk, we won’t hesitate to mandate the removal of a product from the market using the full extent of our authorities. It’s our responsibility. And it’s critical to our mission to ensure the safety of Americans.” - Excerpt from Nov. 9 statement by FDA Commission Scott Gottlieb, MD

Back in October, FoodLogiQ alerted you to the FDA’s new food recall policies; specifically, Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s statement about the disclosure of retailer information and its subsequent ‘Draft Guidance’ aimed at setting criteria for making previously-confidential information public for certain types of recalls.

Five Guys and FoodLogiQ: Working Together and Partnering for Success

Guest blogger Robbie Wiggins, a FoodLogiQ Customer Success Manager, shares highlights from his visit to Five Guys headquarters in Lorton, Virginia.

Hello, World!  It’s me again - Robbie, your ever-excited FoodLogiQ Customer Success Manager. Today I want to talk a bit about what it means to be in a successful business partnership.  

When I think of working together in a partnership, several words come to mind: support, commitment, and open and honest communication, just to name a few. And while we here at FoodLogiQ truly value all of our business partnerships, today I want to focus on one in particular.  It was launched in April 2017, when Five Guys  began collaborating with FoodLogiQ to gain greater insight into their supply chain, centralize their supplier management, and utilize quality issue tracking and reporting to accomplish their business goals.

Buy-In and Budgeting for Food Safety and Traceability Software

Budgeting for new initiatives can often be challenging. This is true for food safety and traceability software, even as the consequences and long-term impact of not acting now are greater than ever.

Join FoodLogiQ for a live demo on Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 at 2:00 pm ET and learn how you can make the case for food safety and traceability software and get C-Suite buy-in.

SaaS and Customer Success: A Match Made in Heaven

Guest blogger Robbie Wiggins, a FoodLogiQ Customer Success Manager, shares insight on SaaS and why this unique business model provides so many benefits to customers.

Once upon a time in 1995, a travel and expense company was making its way through the ranks by selling hardware in the form of CD-ROMs and floppy disks (remember those?).  With an eye toward the future, the company made the decision in 1998 to begin selling software licenses, instead of hardware, to enterprises.  Soon thereafter, the dot-com crash of 2001 happened, but instead of caving, this company again leaned in, pivoted, and instead of selling hardware or software licenses to enterprises, it began selling software licenses to anyone that had access to a browser.  

FDA Takes Commitment to Consumer Safety and Public Health to Next Level with New Food Recall Policies

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, issues statement regarding disclosure of retailer information; Agency then announces new ‘Draft Guidance’ that sets criteria for making previously-confidential information public for certain types of recalls.

On September 26, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a statement by Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, about the FDA’s new policy to disclose retailer information for certain food recalls in an effort to improve consumer safety.  Then, just one day later, the FDA published a notice announcing the creation of a new ‘Draft Guidance’ - the second in a series of policy steps the agency is taking as part of a broader plan to improve oversight of food safety and the recall process.