Food Recalls: Moving from Crisis to Control Food recalls are one of the most stressful events a food manufacturer can face. When a recall happens, time is critical. Regulators and customers expect fast, accurate answers, but many companies struggle to respond quickly because their data is scattered across paper records, spreadsheets, and disconnected systems. In
Why Manual Traceability Fails on the Plant Floor Food manufacturers operate under constant pressure. Regulations continue to tighten, customers expect full transparency, and margins leave little room for error. In this environment, traceability must stay fast, accurate, and reliable. However, many facilities still rely on manual traceability processes such as paper forms, whiteboards, and spreadsheets
It has been a little over a month since the COVID-19 pandemic hit North America’s shores.
The average direct cost of a recall to a food manufacturing company is $10 million, and that doesn’t begin to quantify the indirect costs of damage to the brand, bad publicity, or lost sales.
