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scanHACCP eases worries over food security and food safety

The safety and security of food continues to make headlines while getting the attention of regulators worldwide. Announcements from the USDA and FDA emphasize the importance of record keeping for ensuring food security.

Both agencies will require food providers to prove that their processed food can be traced back to its sources. Under the FDA's proposed rule, food manufacturers, processors, packers, distributors, receivers, holders, and importers of food will have to show that they know the source of each ingredient or product that they receive. They must trace back to that source from the products they ship. The USDA recently stated again that business records are critical in any FSIS investigation related to public health, food safety, and the misbranding of meat or poultry products.

How can you prove that your company's food is safe to eat? Can you trace your product back to its component ingredients? You can with scanHACCP software!

To help food processors meet these food security regulatory pressures, Norback, Ley & Associates LLC, in partnership with Advanced Automation Associates, Inc. of Exton PA, is pleased to represent scanHACCP™ as an addition to their line of food safety and record keeping software.

scanHACCP is an automated approach to food security and HACCP data collection, allowing forward and backward ingredient and batch tracking. It utilizes mobile pocket PC technology and bar code scanning. The pocket PCs can optionally be wirelessly networked for improved information flows. scanHACCP:

Eliminates paperwork burden, improving the collection of critical information.
Scans data inputs, saving time and reducing errors.
Increases data integrity, making your product shipment decisions more reliable.
Logs all inputs to a secure database, eliminating erroneous and fabricated data.
Automatically logs check times, saving input time.
Alarms overdue points and escalates to a supervisor as required, so that no vital information is missed.
Tracks lot numbers and ties that information to any associated batch data, making it easy to trace a batch back to its ingredients.

scanHACCP installations are customized combinations of software, equipment, installation consulting, and expenses, defined to meet a client's unique needs. scanHACCP is currently installed in US plant locations and is available from Norback, Ley & Associates LLC and Advanced Automation Associates, Inc. in English.

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