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04/10/2025

What are some of the changes that could colour the food & beverage landscape throughout the year?

- Following the 2024 E.Coli outbreak in the UK, there will be potentially stricter food safety standards. Businesses should expect to see heightened scrutiny on contamination prevention, and supply chain traceability.

- The momentum behind the Owen's Law campaign is pushing for clearer allergen labelling. Restaurants should anticipate a drive towards mandatory allergen prescription at the point of ordering in restaurants.

- The Food Standards Agency has released best practices for packaged food to help guide manufacturers in implementing clear and accurate mandatory and 'may contain' labelling.

With increased consumer awareness and stricter laws, businesses may need to embrace policies that help them stay ahead, maintain trust and compliance, and promote food safety and transparent labelling.

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04/09/2025

In an era of global challenges, how can businesses navigate food safety and quality?

Challenges such as the growing geopolitical tensions, economic instability, have significantly impacted food quality and safety management when it comes to food production.

Such vulnerabilities have brought to the forefront the pressing need for more proactive and science-driven strategies.

Here's what you need to know: https://heyor.ca/yp3MsM

Looking to improve your production planning processes? Streamline is designed to enable businesses to enhance their supply chain traceability, production planning, and so much more. Get in touch with our team at Mountain Stream for more information.

04/08/2025

Whether you're a baker, food manufacturer, or food producer, you know more than anything how important efficiency, quality control, and compliance are in the industry.

That's why we at Mountain Stream took the time to create the ultimate solution that is designed to help businesses navigate these complexities effortlessly.

Our complete food & beverage ERP, Streamline, offers a centralized platform where businesses can oversee and manage all their core business functions.

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04/07/2025

Now more than ever, the food industry is under constant pressure to keep up with the ever-changing markets.

Yet, undeclared allergens continue to emerge as an issue for many businesses in the supply chain. Unfortunately, these often lead to costly product recalls and cross-contamination risks...which are all cause for serious concern.

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Are you looking to enhance your supply chain traceability? Get in touch with us to learn how Streamline can help you accomplish this.

04/03/2025

The global demand for seafood is growing...but, is the playing field in the seafood market fair, and transparent?

The supply chains in the industry are becoming more complex, transnational, and opaque. And, although the market is growing, it's becoming increasingly necessary to prevent the growing unsustainable practices, unscrupulous standards, and threats in the seafood marketplace.

Addressing these challenges will help ensure a fair global marketplace and ensure higher standards and better supply chain traceability.

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04/02/2025

For the first time in decades, food safety has not been the runaway priority for new manufacturing professionals this year, according to the Food Processing's Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

However, according to the survey, cost control was neck and neck with it, despite the low levels of optimism in the industry.

100 respondents were asked to rank the importance of various manufacturing issues, here are some of the survey's findings:

- The cost control's 8.11 weighted score beat out food safety's 7.67 score.

- Food safety was still ranked as the No.1 priority by a majority of the respondents.

- Cost control and the weighted score took second and third place rankings pushing it ahead overall.

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04/01/2025

Are you looking to maintain high levels of efficiency in your bakery?

With an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system like Streamline, you'll be able to navigate the growing market demands, manage perishable inventory, improve customer satisfaction, and so much more!

Our Streamline software is what every baker should have. See what we do here: https://heyor.ca/AE5Lbl

03/31/2025

With factors such as climate change, and ongoing global regulatory hurdles, it's apparent that the global supply chains are under increasing strain.

As the global supply chains become increasingly fragile, finding a reliable solution that will improve supply chain resilience has never been more critical.

A great start for this would be ensuring the adoption of digital technologies, such as Streamline, to help build more sustainable, efficient, and resilient supply chains.

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03/27/2025

Traceability. What is it, and why does it matter for your business?

Traceability is a means for businesses to monitor a service or product from the beginning to the end. It helps allow businesses and users visibility over each stage of their product cycle.

Without traceability in a business, this could unfortunately lead to errors, inefficiencies, and quality issues.

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Are you looking to enhance traceability in your supply chain? Our software, Streamline, is designed to enhance businesses' supply chain traceability. Get in touch with us to learn how we can help you.

03/26/2025

What's the latest from the Food Standards Agency?

According to Manchester Evening News, the FSA has pulled food products from supermarkets as various products were recalled due to the lack of disclosure on packaging.

Companies are taking initiatives to ensure food safety in their products. Coca-Cola, for example, has recalled several products in the UK due to potentially high chlorate levels.

The company released specific production codes and batches for their affected products.

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The latest product recalls issued by the Food Standards Agency and why they've been pulled from supermarket shelves

03/25/2025

What does every bakery, food manufacturer, and food producer have in common?

A reliable ERP software...such as Streamline!

ERP software helps ensure successful business operations by enabling the production of high-quality products that meet demand and minimize waste.

So, if you're looking to maintain high levels of efficiency and operational excellence in your business, check out how Streamline can help transform your business here: https://heyor.ca/AE5Lbl

03/24/2025

A food incident is when a concern regarding the safety, or quality, of food arises. Food incidents ultimately require immediate action to protect consumers, and may fall into the following two categories:

- Environmental pollution incidents such as chemical or oil spills, fires, and radiation risks.

- Contamination of food or animal feed during the processing, distribution, catering, or retail.

Consequently, food incidents may lead to food products being withdrawn or recalled.

So, how can businesses report, respond to, or prevent an incident? Plus, how can businesses effectively withdraw or recall unsafe food products? Here's what you need to know: https://heyor.ca/38lEHb