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Traceability

Food labeling, Foodstuffs Act, HACCP, Hygiene, News, Product hygiene, Quality assurance
Food business operators must ensure that the food they place on the market is traceable. Traceability concerns the entire supply chain from production and processing to sale. Food must therefore be labeled throughout its entire life cycle, be it with a batch number or another identification feature that enables it to be traced. This is…
HACCP Dokumentation

HACCP in the gastronomy

Alcomo App, HACCP, Hygiene, News, Quality assurance
HACCP HACCP is the abbreviation for «Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points». According to the HACCP principle, food companies define critical control points (CCPs) along their internal processes. A CCP is therefore a step in the production process of a foodstuff at which there is a health hazard that can be prevented by specific control…
Bild zum Thema Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum vs. Verbrauchsdatum

Does food safety cause food waste?

Foodstuffs Act, HACCP, News, Product hygiene, Quality assurance
On the contrary, because the best-before date (BBD ) provides information on the minimum period until which a foodstuff retains its specific properties such as taste, smell and nutritional values under appropriate storage conditions.In contrast, the use-by date or consuption date indicates the date by which the food should be consumed in order to avoid…
Schneidebrett Holz oder Plastik

Chopping boards: wood or plastic?

Environmental hygiene, Equipment hygiene, HACCP, Hygiene, Microbiology, News, Product hygiene, Quality assurance
The question of which material is more hygienic for chopping boards, wood or plastic, is discussed time and again. Plastic can be cleaned in the dishwasher at very hot temperatures, but according to a study, wood also has an antibacterial effect and is therefore a good and natural alternative.Hygiene requirementsStrict guidelines apply to businesses in…
Rückstellproben im Rahmen des HACCP-Konzepts

New checklist “Retention samples”

Alcomo App, HACCP, News, Quality assurance
Retention samples within the framework of the HACCP conceptDiscover the latest version 2.3.0 of our Alcomo HACCP app, now available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store!We are pleased to introduce an additional checklist for the documentation of retention samples. As part of the HACCP concept, retention samples are important to ensure the…