The Future of Food Safety: Are Enterprises Ready?

Food safety trends will comprise improved process monitoring, new labelling guidelines, and supply chain traceability that will help satisfy the demands of an active consumer base.

FREMONT, CA: Various kinds of food safety regulations have been set for implementation during the last decade, including the compliance of small businesses to follow the new Produce Safety Rules (PSR) by Jan 28, 2020. Food safety has existed since people start consuming, but only in the last decade has the industry seen such a monumental transformation of efforts to protect the public from unsafe products.

Following are some of the trends for food safety that the food companies must know in 2020.

Enhanced Digital Solutions for Greater Chain Traceability

Several digital solutions can improve supply chain traceability. Digital sensors that rule temperatures and humidity, door closure sensors, and other monitoring systems will see more extensive use. These sensors can record examples that are liable to human error. Also, many food processors still utilise the traditional office procedures of manual tracking, billing, and inventory systems that are not helping to support supply chain traceability.

Safe Date Labeling

While it doesn't look like a food safety trend, it reacts to widespread consumers' complaints about what foods are technically and genuinely organic and healthy. These food classes do not posse any hormones, antibiotics, or artificial flavours. Hotels and restaurants marketing healthy menu choices need these product clarifications to satisfy their customers.

In addition to the Standardized Date Labeling on food, these labels will be scrutinised to make sure these time frames are within acceptable standards - not only for freshness but also to reduce the chance of bacterial colonisation that contributes to most outbreaks foodborne illness.

Food Storage Safety

Unhealthy food is dangerous to customers and costly to operators. Hence storing foods safely and reliably is essential, and food storage requires equipment that won't break down. Refrigeration Design Technology's refrigeration systems, redundancy, and the ability to give temperature alarm and reporting are part of the equation. Still, they so must be adequately keeping and cleaning your refrigeration equipment.