Understanding Food Recalls: The Recall Process Explained
August 12, Food Safety News
In the past 12 months, there have been more than 600 food recalls in the United States and Canada. Understand the regulatory agencies involved, recall classifications, and the reasons food get recalled here…
USW Celebrates Five Years of Consumer Safety
August 9, Reuters
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act is nearly five years old. Read why one of the nation’s largest labor unions is celebrating the anniversary…
Consumer Perception in China stable – Fonterra CEO, quoting social media reports
August 11, National Business Journal
Fonterra, a New Zealand company has recently had to issue a recall of milk due to a botulism scare. The company has received negative press due to their handling of the recall, and you can see an example in this interview with the CEO…
Gaps in U.S. Nanotechnology Regulatory Oversight
August 13, Nanowerk
Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) have a three staged life cycle that could potentially be regulated by the CPSC, FDA, EPA or OSHA depending on what stage of the life cycle the material is in. Read an overview of nanotechnology and the complicated regulations that can apply anywhere along the life cycle…
What Makes a Supply Chain Successful? New Research Initiative From the APICS Foundation and Michigan State University to Redefine the Future of Global Supply Chain Management
August 15, Interest Alert
APCIS and Michigan State University have partnered to study the future of the global supply chain. Read the announcement of the initiative that hopes to redefine the future of supply chain management…
Increasingly, Companies See Sustainability and Risk Management as Related Issues
August 15, Supply Chain Brain
According to a new study by Ernst and Young, companies are beginning to link risk management and sustainability by putting sustainability issues on corporate agendas. Learn the six trends, and the details surrounding them…
