Homenews2017November

  • Consumer Product Recalls – The Facts Behind the Headlines

    • November 30, 2017
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Category: Product Recall, Risk Assessment, RQA Group
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    Extensive range of auditing, consultancy and training

    There seem to be an increasing number of consumer product recalls being reported in the media and also closer scrutiny of the actions taken by companies during a product recall. RQA decided to crunch the numbers and see if there really are more recalls happening in this area by comparing data from 2016 and 2017.

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  • Unusual Recalls December 2017

    • November 30, 2017
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Category: Product Recall, RQA Group
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    Unusual Recalls - New York firm Death Wish Coffee has recalled a cold coffee range after tests showed there was potential for the drink to contain a deadly toxin

    Below you will find our round up of the weird and wonderful recalls we have come across recently: A coffee called Death Wish, which might live up to its name: New York firm Death Wish Coffee has recalled a cold coffee range after tests showed there was potential for the drink to contain a deadly

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  • White Paper: Product Recall – When Components Fail

    • November 29, 2017
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Category: Product Recall, Product Recall Planning, Risk Assessment, RQA Group
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    Product recall - consumer electronics seeing more recalls associated with component failure

    In the increasingly complex world of consumer electronics, there seem to be more and more recalls associated with component failure. This white paper looks at the reasons for this, what can be done to help prevent recalls, and has a contribution from a recall insurance perspective from Neil Evans, Senior Class Underwriter at Talbot Underwriting.

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  • EU Publishes Regulation to Control Acrylamide Levels in Food

    • November 28, 2017
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Category: Uncategorized
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    EU Publishes Regulation to Control Acrylamide Levels in Food

    The European Commission has just published EC regulation 2017/2158 “establishing mitigation measures and benchmark levels for the reduction of the presence of acrylamide in food”.  This controls acrylamide in baked or fried carbohydrate-rich foods.  This may include deep fried potatoes, bread, breakfast cereals, baked goods (such as biscuits, cereal bars, wafers, crumpets etc.) as well

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  • FSA Publish Revised Guide to Food Defence & Food Fraud

    • November 22, 2017
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Category: Uncategorized
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    FSA "Guide to protecting and defending food and drink from deliberate attack"

    The Food Standards Agency and the British Standards Institute have published an updated version of their ‘Guide to protecting and defending food and drink from deliberate attack’. This very useful guide outlines the potential vulnerabilities to deliberate product tampering or contamination a company might face in their supply chain, and suggests steps that they can

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  • European Food Recall Alerts Rise for the Fourth Year

    • November 21, 2017
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Category: Food Safety, Product Recall
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    European Food Recall Alerts Rise - RASFF
    RASFF has published its full 2016 annual report today, 21 November 2017. Here are our key takeaways from the report. The total number of RASFF “original notifications” in 2016 was 2993 alerts, slightly down on 2015 (3049).  The notifications representing a serious health risk on the market are termed “alerts”.  There were 847 alerts in
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