The food industry is no stranger to risk management. In the battle for consumer dollars, product recalls caused by contamination or adulteration can be catastrophic. Business, legal and moral repercussions resulting from lapses in food safety and quality are top-of-mind issues for all manufacturers. Significant resources are dedicated to minimizing these risks, generally through a variety of industry (and additionally, manufacturer- or retailer-specific) quality assurance (QA) systems. As global food sourcing and international manufacturing sites have skyrocketed, risk management is an increasingly complex proposition, and quality and safety systems are challenged to keep pace.
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