📆 “ 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 » – Webinar on 7th of June at 11 am
For the occasion of the #WorldFoodSafetyDay, Kersia will participate to a webinar with key actors of each stage of the production of chocolate 🍫
With John Holah – Kersia Food Safety Expert – speakers will share how food safety and food safety culture impact Kersia’ activities and how we individually work on to ensure #FoodSafety while also working with our suppliers, customers, and consumers.
Participating companies:
Cargill, Kersia, Cultivate SA, Mars, Musgrave, Circle K.
“Food standards save lives”
Over 600 million individuals fall ill, and approximately 420,000 lose their lives each year due to the consumption of contaminated food. It is unacceptable for anyone to die from simply eating. These deaths are entirely preventable.
In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly established World Food Safety Day to raise awareness about the vital significance of food safety.
This year’s theme, “Food standards save lives”, emphasizes the crucial role played by established food safety practices and standards, which ensure both the safety and quality of our food.
When you eat, how can you ensure your food is safe? Behind the scenes, numerous individuals work tirelessly to ensure that food production adheres to well-established food safety practices. The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), leads global expert groups and provides scientific guidance to develop international food safety standards that safeguard consumers’ health worldwide. These food standards lie at the very core of ensuring food safety.
Each of us can actively contribute to preventing foodborne illnesses, and World Food Safety Day provides an opportunity for us to become informed and engaged in this crucial endeavour.
Kersia makes food safety its #1 concern.
Food safety is our core field of expertise, recognized all over the world.
Food safety is part of everything we do at Kersia. From Farm to Fork, our mission is driven by necessary higher safety standards including epidemic prevention, strategies to reduce the use of antibiotics, as well as productivity requirements for the farmer, food manufacturer or restaurant.
We are dedicated to preventing the risks associated with the transmission of bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens throughout the entire food chain, ensuring the safety of both operators and consumers.
Through continuous research, innovation, and collaboration with industry partners, we work tirelessly, focus on every detail, to ensure food safety and create value in the food chain.
Ultimately, for the better health of people 👪 , animals 🐮 and of our planet. 🌍
Our mission: Inventing a food safe world
Our ambition: Being your trusted partner for food safety
100% dedicated to food safety, we intend to lead the way as the world benchmark operator and most trusted partner to our customers.
JOHN HOLAH
Principal Corporate Scientist FS & PH
Kersia’s active involvement with the food industry’s food safety technical working groups ensures that we always understand the food safety hazards and quality issues that our customers are facing.
The Challenges Faced by the Food Service Industry.
1ST Challenge: Ensuring Food Safety
Through the leading role it occupies within the food chain, Food Service has an obligation to ensure food safety.
Our role: Our comprehensive programs help implement rigorous hygiene, sanitation and disinfection practices. These include the use of appropriate products at proper dosages, the cleanliness of work surfaces, equipment, work environments and personal hygiene standards for workers. The expertise enjoyed by our clients thus ensures the safety of their own clients and preserves their reputation.
2nd Challenge: Workforce and Training
The various Food Service sectors are characterized by a shortage of workers, high staff turnover and the hiring of low-skilled workers.
Our role: We ensure food safety by standardizing methods (training, monitoring, information) and transferring knowledge, even in the absence of our specialists (posters, video clips, web resources). In addition, while the use of domestic products sometimes characterizes this sector, we recommend the use of high-performance products that are safe for users and suitable for intense use or frequency.
3rd Challenge: Productivity
Food Service is a sector under constant pressure requiring high productivity and efficiency. In a sector characterized by very low profit margins and very tight budgets, you must produce excellent results quickly.
Our role: Our hygiene and sanitation programs can prescribe the most suitable products to obtain rapid results in compliance with the strictest hygiene standards while minimizing their environmental footprint.
4th Challenge: Regulations
The regulatory environment is constantly changing, and Food Service sector clients have few or no experts in the field. Clients are therefore struggling to keep up to date with government standards and recommendations.
Our role: Our regulatory and R&D specialists communicate the most current standards to our client specialists. Their collaboration helps establish best practices. Thus, our sales and technical teams act as hygiene and sanitation “coaches” with clients, with both decision-makers and users of the solutions.
5th Challenge: Business Continuity
Due to its critical role in the food chain, the Food Service sector is characterized by strong peak periods and the devastating impact of a service interruption on their profitability.
Our role: Our call centre can make a precise diagnosis and assign the most qualified specialists from our team composed of representatives, food safety technicians and food technicians specializing in repairs. They act quickly to ensure the continuity of their operations. Our excellent response times allow resolving a situation before it deteriorates.
Resources
Click here to learn more about International Food Safety Day
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