Your food testing lab enables your business to continually keep running and satisfy your consumers. From adequately tracking samples, tests and results to conducting detailed oversight of your operational workflows, you must operate efficiently while ensuring that you comply with regulatory and good quality practices related to your products or services.

Finding an experienced and accredited third-party lab partner is vitally important in the food and beverage industry to assure consistently accurate results. There is a lot of competition, and there are many choices available to lab managers that may already be stretched thin by their job roles and duties. 

The synergy between a third-party lab partner and its ability to impact revenue is crucial to nail down. The lab and the business influence each other and affect how the lab manager handles leveraging contract testing for food and beverage needs.

As a food testing laboratory manager, managing your lab means ensuring efficient workflows with accurate data. In addition to practicing quality control (QC), you also have to carry out your processes in compliance with industry standards. Regulatory bodies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and local agencies of countries to which you export may all have specific standards that you need to  follow.

The food supply chain is a system that comprises small and large domestic and foreign producers, processors, packers, distributors, and transporters with few common business practices. It is a system that is becoming more global: Fresh fruits and vegetables are now available year-round, as well as a wide array of exotic foods. These factors have increased the risk of a significant food safety incident.

An efficient QC laboratory is crucial for maintaining quality and credibility in laboratory medicine. As the sector progresses, it is imperative to simplify activities, embrace cutting-edge technologies, and cultivate a spirit of cooperation inside clinical labs. In this blog post, we will delve into key strategies that can help you transform your lab into an efficient QC powerhouse.

WILMINGTON, Del.-- LabWare Holdings today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire CompassRed, a visionary company in machine learning and predictive analytics. The acquisition of CompassRed will create a new dedicated advanced data analytics arm in LabWare®, embedding the CompassRed solution into the core LabWare platform, and providing services that will further elevate LabWare’s position as the global leader in the Laboratory Information Management market. 

Maintaining regulatory compliance is crucial to success in the food and beverage industry. Failure to follow guidelines may result in consequences, ranging from financial loss and operational downtime to complete shutdown.

In the realm of food safety management, LIMS HACCP integration has emerged as a powerful tool for maintaining compliance and ensuring product quality. By combining the robust capabilities of modern Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) principles, organizations can streamline their hazard analysis processes and effectively manage critical control points.

UL is a trusted leader in safety science, providing a variety of certification, inspection, and testing services for businesses around the globe. Customers turn to UL to help them achieve safety, security, and sustainability goals in order to manage risk effectively and achieve regulatory compliance.

Note: This story was featured in the April 2021 edition of LABInsights and has been edited for clarity.

Denkavit recently expanded the functionality of its LIMS, adding options for inventory management, tracking consumption and ordering lab consumables. To facilitate these additions to an application the animal feed manufacturer has been using since 2014, Denkavit’s LIMS supplier adapted its existing inventory management template and added new, client-specific functionalities.

The evaluation of drug products' safety, efficacy and quality over time is an essential element of pharmaceutical stability testing. As the industry progresses, so do the strategies and technologies used for executing these essential studies. In this blog post, we will delve into various aspects of stability management within pharmaceutical testing.

In the realm of LIMS stability testing, efficient management and accurate analysis are critical for ensuring product quality and regulatory compliance. Traditional methods often fall short in providing a streamlined workflow, resulting in wasted resources and increased chances of errors. This blog post delves into the importance of an effective stability system, highlighting the limitations of conventional approaches while emphasizing the benefits offered by Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).