Westminster, CO -- (SBWire) -- 04/02/2014 --Jennifer Brusco, TraceGains’ Marketing Specialist, explored the three potential points which can lead to undeclared allergens in food manufacturing. The third blog in the four part series explained how receiving can be a potential failure. Brusco note, “Receiving in the food production process could lead to undeclared allergens in the marketplace. The receiving component is critical to ensure that accurate labels are coming into the warehouse.”

At the time of receiving a thorough inspection of the materials is necessary to verify they have not been adulterated, contaminated, and that the ingredient statement on the packaging matches what is on the specification.

Stephanie Lopez, Vice President, Food Safety Services Innovation, AIB International commented, “Companies can create acetate (i.e., clear sheet of paper) with just the ingredient statement. They then take the acetate and overlay it onto the ingredient statement coming in. This helps minimizes the need to read every single word – you simply overlay the acetate and if all of the words align, you know it meets the requirement.”

"If you're exporting a product outside of the United States that requires packaging in a language other than English, the pre-printed acetate will allow you to confirm that the specifications and packaging have the same declaration, even if you’re not familiar with that language," Lopez added.

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TraceGains (http://www.tracegains.com) provides food and beverage manufacturers and distributors with a web-based, full-service supplier, compliance, and regulatory document management solution that automates and streamlines processes to convert static documents into actionable data. With a network of more than 5,000 supplier members and more than 250 deployment sites, TraceGains offers an ever-expanding database of suppliers, purchased items, and documents that companies can leverage to improve product quality, accelerate product development, and meet regulatory and audit pressures. TraceGains not only digitizes all incoming documents, making them easily searchable, but also extracts critical data and analyzes them against customer-specific business and compliance rules, alerting stakeholders to any non-compliance. TraceGains’ automated solution assures companies that documentation is up to date, organized, and searchable, making companies 365 Audit Ready. TraceGains’ customers boast a four to six month return on their investment. Recently, TraceGains was listed as one of Food Logistics Top 100 software and technology providers. TraceGains is exhibiting at the Food Safety Summit April 8-10 at the Baltimore Convention Center, Booth #623. Follow TraceGains on Twitter at @tracegains.

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Jennifer Brusco
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