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  • RQA Group’s Top Ten Weakest Links in Allergen Management

    • December 12, 2019
    • Posted by: Emma Barnett
    • Categories: Allergens, Articles, crisis management, Food Safety, Food Safety Culture, HACCP, Latest News, Product Recall, Risk Assessment, RQA Group, Training
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    Allergy Management from RQA

    Allergen-related recalls are always in the headlines and with some recent serious and tragic cases where allergic reactions have proven fatal, they are very much in focus with the authorities and auditors too. So, what do the recall numbers tell us in Europe, Australia and the US? Click below to read our article on allergen management.

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  • UK Food Trends: A Snapshot in Time

    • December 3, 2019
    • Posted by: Emma Barnett
    • Categories: Food Safety, Latest News, Product Recall, Uncategorized
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    A new report from Lloyd’s Register has suggested that UK shoppers are concerned about food safety, with one in five has actually changed brands following reports of a food safety incident or product recall. 

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  • Are you ready for BRCGS Packaging Issue 6 audits?

    • November 12, 2019
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Categories: BRC, Food Defence, Food Safety, Food Safety Culture, Latest News
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    BRC Packaging Issue 6
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  • Key Factors of Social Media Crisis Management

    • November 5, 2019
    • Posted by: Emma Barnett
    • Categories: Articles, Crisis Communications, crisis management, Latest News, Product Recall, RQA Group, Social media crisis
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    From how to prepare to how to handle and recover from a social media crisis, read on to find out more.

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  • Update to Toy Safety (CEN)

    • November 4, 2019
    • Posted by: Emma Barnett
    • Categories: Consumer Products, Latest News, RAPEX, RQA Group
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    The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has published an update to the Toy Safety Directive (Standard EN 71-3:20191) on migration of certain elements.

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  • EU Safety Gate – 2018 report of the Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products

    • October 24, 2019
    • Posted by: Emma Barnett
    • Categories: Latest News, Product Recall, RAPEX, RQA Group
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    Some interesting findings in the latest EU Safety Gate Report (formerly known as RAPEX) – click below to read the report and some of the trends we picked up on.

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  • The Changing Face of Product Recall

    • October 22, 2019
    • Posted by: Emma Barnett
    • Categories: Articles, Automotive, crisis management, Product Recall, Product Recall Planning, RAPEX, Risk Assessment, RQA Group, Supply Chain Risk Management
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    This article highlights the increase in recalls in the automotive industry due to the ever increasing complexity of vehicles. 

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  • Foresight Review on Food Safety Published

    • October 22, 2019
    • Posted by: Emma Barnett
    • Categories: Food integrity, Food Safety, Food Safety Culture, Latest News, RQA Group
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    The recently released Lloyd’s Register Foundation report outlines a road map for global food safety.

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  • We’re Recruiting – Sales & Marketing Executive

    • September 30, 2019
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Categories: Latest News, Recruitment, RQA Group
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  • RASFF Annual Report 2018 Published

    • September 20, 2019
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Categories: Food Safety, Latest News, Product Recall, RASFF, Uncategorized
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