A range of GMP / HACCP training products designed for educating personnel employed in the food packaging industry are now available from the International Food Safety & Quality Network website.

Lancashire, England, UK -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/16/2006 -- There is increasing demand from food customers for their suppliers to have in place a sound product safety program based on HACCP principals; far from being a burden on the business an effective product safety program can be an excellent tool for providing safer packaging products, meaningful improvements, a safer and healthier workplace, satisfied customers and improved competitiveness.

Success of the product safety program relies heavily on the commitment of all staff and ultimately employees can make or break the program. However, developing employee commitment is not easy and can only be achieved by promoting employees understanding of the need for the product safety program and by making clear their personal responsibilities for helping to make it work.

The IFSQN.com GMP / HACCP training products provide an informative and practical approach that help to develop employees understanding and the rich graphics and plain language they use ensures the course content is communicated effectively.

Suitable for educating current staff and for training new employees during the new employee orientation process the training products include self paced, on demand learning CD-Rom's, Booklets and Posters and will be useful to the following industries.

- Primary and secondary food packaging plants
- Corrugated Manufacturers
- Plastic Packagers
- Label Manufacturers
- Flexible Packagers

The training products cover the following topics:

- Foreign Body Contamination
- Chemical Contamination
- Bacterial Contamination
- Personal Hygiene Do's
- Personal Hygiene Don'ts
- Cleaning / Sanitation
- Hazard Identification and control

Free samples and demonstrations are available on request from www.ifsqn.com.

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A new international online directory is now available to help buyers find suppliers more easily in the growing market of food safety standards certification.

Lancashire, England, UK -- (ReleaseWire) -- 09/25/2006 -- In the highly regulated food industry; feed producers, primary producers, food manufacturers, transport and storage operators, retail and food service outlets, producers of equipment, packaging materials, cleaning agents, additives and ingredients are increasingly required to have in place an independently audited food safety management system. Moreover organizations operating in multiple industry sectors and/or export markets are expected to maintain a food safety management system that meets with the requirements of several food safety standards.

There is no diversion if one wishes to operate successfully in today's global food industry.

Undoubtedly the various food safety systems have raised standards and ultimately their inception is helping to protect consumers from illness and injury.

However, the resources required to develop and operate a food safety management system are significant and can be a burden on the company; this is especially so for the smaller business.

Since 2003 the International Food Safety and Quality Network has provided its 1,500 worldwide members with a free online discussion forum, to enable the exchange of ideas on a wide range of food safety and quality issues, including interpreting the requirements of food safety standards and the sharing of practical advice on systems implementation.

Over the past three years the daily discussions have created a knowledge base of over 11,000 archived messages that are freely available as a reference for members and non-members alike.

Recently IFSQN.com extended its member services with the addition of a Food Safety Standards Directory to the website.

The online directory features Food Safety Consultants who can provide assistance to organisations developing a food safety management system as well as Certification Bodies who are approved to carry out independent third-party audits against the major food safety management system standards.

In addition organisations that have achieved Certification to a food safety management system standard can market their Certification in the directory.

The directory covers all the major food safety certification schemes including the BRC - Global Standards, the International Food Standard (IFS), EFSIS, EurepGAP, SQF, FPA and the recently published ISO 22000:2005 International Food Safety Management Systems Standard.

The Network is now taking applications for inclusion in the directory through the website, with a 12 month listing priced at just £49 / 73 EUR / $92.

For further details visit the network website: www.ifsqn.com

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