TraceGains Inc.

Berner Food and Beverage, Inc. is a leading private label supplier of quality food and beverage products, to a majority of the top retail chains across all trade channels. The company provides a single source of supply for industry needs in several important categories, such as Store Brand products and for Contract Manufacturing.

Trends in industrialization and increasing living standards make developing regions ripe for fast growth, outpacing the global average. This includes Asia, Africa/Mideast, Eastern Europe and Central and South America. Joysa Winter, writer for NewHope360.com discussed how global sales are expected to accelerate, responding to increasingly strict food safety regulations worldwide. World demand for food safety products including disinfection and diagnostic products, smart labels and tags, and software and tracking systems is projected to rise 8.1 percent per year to $13.6 billion in 2014, according to market research analysts The Freedonia Group, of Cleveland.

International Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA) will be June 2-4 in Orlando, Florida. IDDBA Show highlights include a focus on education. There will be targeted sessions featuring current trends, research, marketing ideas, global issues, consumer buying behavior, and new products and services. Seminars are open to all attendees at no additional cost.

“Are Your Ingredients Mere Commodities? Or, Are They “Precious” Commodities?” was recently published in Food Safety Tech; Carole Inman Vice President for sales and marketing at Specialty Food Ingredients discussed the current hyper-information age, where there is an increasingly complicated and scrutinized landscape of food safety compliance – not just by FDA, but by individual consumers.

“Are Your Ingredients Mere Commodities? Or, Are They “Precious” Commodities?” was recently published in Food Safety Tech; Carole Inman Vice President for sales and marketing at Specialty Food Ingredients discussed the current hyper-information age, where there is an increasingly complicated and scrutinized landscape of food safety compliance – not just by FDA, but by individual consumers.

TraceGains is hosting a webinar entitled, “Practical Aspects of an Effective Supplier and Control Program,” on Thursday, May 21, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT.

Gary Nowacki, CEO of TraceGains, will moderate a presentation at the Food Safety Supply Chain Conference. The conference will be held at the Chicago O’Hare Marriott on May 15-17. The presentation will discuss the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). Bill Besson, Quality Manager, Chelsea Milling Company; Jessica Dodd, Quality Control Manager, Specialty Commodities, Inc.; and Greg Rowe, Supply Chain Manager, Ottens Flavors will co-present "Automating and Accelerating BRC, SQF and other GFSI Audits" the presentation is on May 16 at 9:45 am.

TraceGains, Inc. will co-present “Automated Supplier Document Management for Food Manufacturers & Processors” on May 14 at 2:45. Speakers include Jason Ulrich, Manager of Business Applications, Berner Food and Beverage, Ryan Matson, IT/ERP Manager, A.C. Legg, Henry Minconi, QA Manager, Illes Seasonings & Flavors, Amanda Torbett, Vice President South & West, TraceGains, Inc.

Gary Nowacki, CEO of TraceGains, commented on Schoenfeld joining the company, “We’re pleased that David Shoenfeld joined TraceGains as our senior executive responsible for sales. 2013 is shaping up to be another record year for us and having a leader of David’s caliber heading up the sales organization will insure that our momentum continues.”

Supply chain risks are everywhere with suppliers and their suppliers, ingredients and raw materials, in the warehouse and on the plant floor, and in finished goods. TraceGains’ webinar will address some of these concerns. Topics to be discussed include implications of the FSMA and GFSI on supply chain management, defining supplier base characteristics, establishing vendor control parameters, designing a custom vendor program for food safety and quality as well as auditing and evaluating vendor performance.