
Almost a year on since BRCGS Issue 8!
10/12/2019I can’t believe it’s December already, I hope you’re feeling festive and not too stressed out if your site has a big Christmas peak in production! Here are a few thoughts from 2019 We are almost a year into BRCGS issue 8 (still struggling to get used to the new… Read more

Food Defence, VACCP, TACCP and Product Integrity – how does it all fit together?
15/04/2019One of the main questions I get asked at Food Defence and Product Integrity courses is “how does it all fit together?” The terminology can be confusing at the best of times! I’m not a fan of the acronyms VACCP and TACCP for a couple of reasons. Firstly, CCPs should… Read more

What is Food Defence?
24/07/2018VACCP, TACCP and Food Defence – what does it all mean? The amount of jargon being used around this topic isn’t reducing and is still causing confusion. I’m going to try to clear this up for you…here goes! What is VACCP and TACCP? VACCP (Vulnerability Assessment and Critical Control Points) and TACCP… Read more

Top tips for your product integrity risk assessments
12/12/2017It’s now over 2½ years since Kassy and I wrote our book “Assessing Error Vulnerability for Food Integrity’ and almost 2 years since we began delivering integrity training courses for M&S, along side our own raw material vulnerability (VACCP & TACCP) courses for a wider audience (and yes it does… Read more