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SHEQ Consulting exhibition booth at the Food Safety Summit South Africa, showcasing the company's food safety, quality and compliance consulting services.

The Eleven Months Nobody’s Watching: Inside Africa’s Food Safety Reckoning

Every certified food business has a story about the day the auditor walked in. Richard Jackson, founder of SHEQ Consulting, is more interested in the other 364 days. Nearly eight years after starting his firm in Port Elizabeth, he has quietly built one of the continent’s most trusted food safety

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Illustration of Kenya's Food Safety System highlighting the Food & Feed Safety Control Coordination Act through food production, laboratory testing, traceability, inspections, risk analysis and national coordination.

Kenya’s Food & Feed Safety Control Coordination Act Explained: What It Means for Food Businesses

TechPalate Explains   Imagine this.   A consumer falls ill after eating a packaged food product. The investigation begins.   One agency examines the food, another looks at the manufacturer, another checks the farm, another investigates imports, another tests samples. Each is doing its job.   But are they working

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A picture of Appert and his early wide-necked bottle for canning innovation

The Origins of Canning: Innovation Born from War and Hunger

In the late 18th century, Europe was consumed by war and one of the greatest challenges armies faced wasn’t enemy fire, but food spoilage. Feeding thousands of soldiers on long campaigns was nearly impossible with traditional preservation methods like salting, smoking, or drying.   In 1795, the French government under

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