Jennifer Kinion

Former Content Manager at SafetyChain Software

SafetyChain is a digital plant management platform trusted by more than 2,500 food and beverage manufacturing facilities to improve plant-wide performance. It unifies production and quality teams with data and insights, tools, and delivers real-time operational visibility and control by eliminating paper and point solutions.

ComplianceSafetyPlant Management

Managing Your Supply Chain Through FSMA Compliance

•Jennifer Kinion

At every level of the supply chain, food and beverage companies face increasing challenges. These challenges are in part what led the FDA to recognize the supply chain as a major risk, and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was developed as a result.

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How to Build a Goal-Based Food Defense Plan for Your Facilities

•Jennifer Kinion

To protect the food supply, and ultimately the population, food companies must develop a goal-based food defense. A goal-based food defense is effective for two key reasons: it satisfies FSMA requirements, and it keeps people, products, assets, and brands protected against any potential threats.

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ComplianceFood & BeveragePlant Management

What are the Benefits of Obtaining GFSI Certification?

•Jennifer Kinion

The benefits of obtaining GFSI certification span far and wide for food and beverage companies. Not only can maintaining GFSI compliance boost your company’s performance, but the initiative also benefits consumers and the food system as a whole.

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SafetyQuality

A Guide to Optimizing Your Food Safety and Quality Management System

•Jennifer Kinion

Optimizing your food safety and quality management (FSQM) system has a number of benefits. While it can help your facility maintain regulatory compliance and meet customer requirements on an ongoing basis, the benefits of enhancing your FSQM system extend far beyond simply performing well in audits.

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SafetyQuality

How to Develop a SOLID Foundation for Food Safety & Quality Management

•Jennifer Kinion

For food and beverage companies, managing compliance is an integral component of everyday operations. The ability to ensure effective outcomes in these areas relies heavily on a strong food safety and quality management (FSQM) system.

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CompliancePlant Management

6 Factors Impacting Risk in Your Food Facility

•Jennifer Kinion

The factors impacting risk span far and wide. Keep in mind that each organization – and even each facility – will be affected by risk factors in unique ways. Here we take a brief look at six different types of risks that impact food and beverage companies.

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Data & Automation

Analytics for Food & Beverage Companies

•Jennifer Kinion

Data analytics can uncover invaluable insights for food manufacturers, including hidden patterns and correlations on non-compliance events, downtime, throughput, yield, and reject ratio. We demystify how analytics software makes it easier for food and beverage companies to maximize their resources.

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ComplianceSafety

An Introduction to Food Safety for Manufacturers & Processors

•Jennifer Kinion

Food safety is the practice of minimizing the risk of food-borne disease outbreak or similar illnesses through specific handling, preparation, and storing activities. For food and beverage manufacturers, it encompasses a broad set of rules and routines that are implemented to reduce health hazards.

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5 Goals of FSMA Food Defense

•Jennifer Kinion

FSMA requires food manufacturers and processors to have specific measures in place for protecting against acts of intentional adulteration (IA). FSMA food defense specifically aims to protect against acts that could cause wide-scale harm to the public, which may include acts of terrorism.

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ComplianceSafetyPlant Management

Supplier Management Compliance: Best Practices for Food Companies

•Jennifer Kinion

By ensuring your supply chain management activities are working to prevent risks, you’ll be able to promote better compliance and food safety within your facility. Learn here the best practices.

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ComplianceFood & BeverageSafety

4 Steps for Developing an Allergen Program SOP

•Jennifer Kinion

Many food companies are required by regulation, customer requirements, or their GFSI scheme to develop an allergen program SOP. With more than 15 million people having food allergies in the U.S. alone, it is more important than ever for the food industry to proactively address risks.

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Data & AutomationQuality

7 Food Quality Metrics to Track

•Jennifer Kinion

The cost of quality can have a major impact on your bottom line, but tracking food quality metrics allows you to address issues proactively. Today’s food and beverage companies are taking control of their quality by eliminating variability and reducing costs related to rework and returns.

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See How SafetyChain Can Help You Lower Your Cost Of Quality

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