Iron Apple International & UFSTP to Collaborate on FSMA Compliance Training and Solutions for Carriers & Brokers Firms to cooperate on and promote services to help carriers navigate the compliance and competitive challenges of the FDA food safety transportation rule BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA AND HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA – TransComply, manager of the Uniform Food Safety Transportation…
It is essential to be pro-active and have appropriate procedures, documents and teams in place to help protect everyone- the public, the company and yourselves. The Park Doctrine is a legal standing, which basically states that the FDA in conjunction with the Department of Justice (DOJ) can legally hold Owners, CEOs, or Senior management of companies liable if they are aware of a Food Safety issue.
FSMA Express is a cost effective and efficient food safety solution aimed entirely at Owner Operators to meet FSMA requirements. Providing FSMA compliant forms/documents with a digital record keeping portal for quick and easy access of all documents.
Iron Apple is pleased to confirm that National Carriers has recently met the Iron Apple Certification Requirements for FSMA – Food Safety Transport Regulations. The new FMSA Regulations went into effective on April 6, 2017 and impact thousands of the food shippers, brokers, and carriers in the USA and Canada.
This new addition (Module #4) of the Iron Apple Food Safety for Carriers training program has been designed specifically for drivers. Taking the highlights and strong points from the first three modules and in return gives companies an express version for Drivers- they can be compliant on the road in less than 30 minutes.
Iron Apple Newsletter – Featured Content: Enforcement of Sanitary Transport rule came into effect April 6. Now that we are in the enforcement period of the sanitary transport rule, it is even more critical that you ensure your company meets the requirements. It is our understanding that the FDA, working with other government departments, will be doing road-checks, load inspections, facility inspections, recalls, warning letters and more. The result of not meeting requirements could be warning letters, fines, mandatory recalls, prosecution and more. Aside from the potential fines and prosecution for not being compliant, you could be putting your company at risk of losing contracts. We’ve heard from several of our clients that their shippers are requiring them to be FSMA compliant and provide documented proof before they are allowed to pick up or drop off any loads.
Iron Apple Newsletter – Featured Content: Requirement to Have Written Food Safety Procedures in Place. For this requirement, having proper food safety policies and procedures in place will assist in controlling the chances of introducing any food safety hazards to food, either through the work environment or operational practices. These practices and procedures are called Good Transportation Practices when handling food. Within our solution, we provide the instructions, documents and activity tracking for each of these areas;
Iron Apple Releases a Spanish Version of their Web Based Food Safety Training for Carriers Record User Registration for the Iron Apple Training Platform and Certification in Advance of April 6, 2017 Deadline. With just over 45 working days remaining until enforcement begins for one of FSMA’s rules to begin (Sanitary Transportation of Human and…
Iron Apple Newsletter – Featured Content: Our company didn’t become an early adopter to the new STF (Sanitary Transportation of Food) regulations, because of this we lost a contract with one of our shippers.
If we get on board with a food safety program now, will we meet the new FSMA requirements by the April 6th deadline? We don’t want to lose any more customers but we don’t know where to start.
So what does this mean for your business?
Many of our customers shared the same concerns. Developing a Food Safety Program can be complex and time consuming. Most transportation companies don’t understand where to start, who to delegate this task to and how many resources will be required. Here at Iron Apple we have taken all of the guess work and challenges out of the equation and have created a simplified solution. There are less than 65 working days left until the FDA could take enforcement action if your company is not compliant with the new rules. However, if you act now there is still enough time to get your company compliant before this deadline.
New things are happening at Iron Apple and just in time for 2017! We have officially launched our full Implementation and User Guide that is built right into the online program. This anticipated addition is perfect for Users who have yet to implement their program or for users who prefer to have a User Guide…
