Is Your Canning Facility Ready for a Retailer Audit? Time-Temperature Indicators and Documentation
Retailer and supermarket audits are among the most commercially significant quality events a canning or bottling facility faces. A successful audit maintains and can strengthen the commercial relationship with major retail customers. A failed audit — or worse, a product recall triggered by an inadequacy identified during or after an audit — can result in delisted products, contract termination, and reputational damage that extends far beyond a single customer relationship. For facilities that pr
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- Tags: 21 CFR Part 113 BRC canning food safety retailer audit retort SQF SteriTec thermal processing time-temperature indicators
Using Temperature Indicator Labels for HACCP Compliance in Food Manufacturing
HACCP — Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points — is the internationally recognised framework for managing food safety through the systematic identification, assessment, and control of biological, chemical, and physical hazards throughout the food production process. At the heart of any HACCP plan are the Critical Control Points (CCPs): the specific stages in the process where control is essential to prevent, eliminate, or reduce a food safety hazard to an acceptable level. For the vast majo
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- Tags: BRC cold chain critical control point food manufacturing food safety HACCP LaundryStrip temperature monitoring
Verifying Laundry Wash Temperatures with LaundryStrip Temperature Indicator Labels
In food manufacturing, healthcare, and other regulated environments, washing protective clothing and workwear at the correct temperature is not just a hygiene preference — it is a legal and regulatory requirement. Pathogens including Salmonella, Listeria, E. coli, and Staphylococcus aureus can survive on fabric at low wash temperatures, and inadequately laundered workwear is a recognised contamination vector in food production environments. The LaundryStrip temperature indicator label provides a
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- Tags: BRC food safety HACCP HTM 01-04 laundry temperature LaundryStrip NHS wash validation workwear hygiene
How Irreversible Temperature Indicator Labels Work: A Technical Guide
Irreversible temperature indicator labels are one of the most reliable and cost-effective tools available for monitoring thermal exposure in food safety, pharmaceutical distribution, sterilisation validation, and industrial manufacturing. Unlike electronic sensors, they require no power, no calibration at point of use, and deliver an instant, permanent visual record of whether a product or process has been exposed to a critical temperature threshold.
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- Tags: cold chain food safety how it works irreversible labels pharmaceutical process validation sterilisation temperature indicators
