
Recall incident response - Is your team prepared?
You (Quality Manager) have just received a complaint from a consumer saying they found glass in your food product, or if you work for a non-food company, perhaps your electrical toy is reported to be giving users electric shocks. At this stage, the reliability and possible causes of these complaints is unknown but you have to take them seriously. This does not mean jumping "feet first" into recall action. Click here to read the full version of this article.
RQA Europe launches new training website!
RQA Europe's new training-dedicated website (www.rqa-training.com) will be launched on the 1st July 2010. The new site follows several months of research and consultation with clients, prospects and our training consultants, to find out what they wanted most from training courses and the site itself. RQA aims to be the premium specialist crisis management and food / product safety training provider in the UK and throughout Europe whilst also providing a highly competitive and cost effective offering. The categories of courses offered are:
New features on the website include:
Win an in-house training course for your company.
To recognise the launch of the new RQA Training web site, the prize for next month's draw will be any one of our one day in-house courses, free to your company. For example it could be a RSPH Level 2 - Fundamentals in HACCP or a Level 1 Product Recall course. There are also many others to choose from. The prize winner is drawn from subscribers to RQA's monthly Product Recall Newsletter so please encourage your colleagues to go to register at either www.rqa-training.com or www.rqa-europe.com.
The course must be listed in the RQA Training web site and must be delivered by the end of October 2010. It must also be a single trainer course and RQA will pay up to £200 in Trainer expenses. If in the unlikely event, the expenses exceed £200 the balance will need to be paid by the company on booking the course. If a course exceeding one day's duration is preferred, the value of this prize can be put towards the costs of a longer course listed in the RQA Training web site. The prize can only be provided to the winner of the draw on 19/07/2010.There is no cash equivalent option.
Product Recall Solutions
food industry
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Product Mussels Incident Escherichia coli Country France Date 18/06/2010 |
A French manufacturer is recalling its product from consumers due to contamination with Escherichia coli. The product recall follows an official control on the market. The affected product has also been distributed to Austria, Germany and Spain. The RASFF (European Rapid Alert System) has issued the recall notification on its website. |
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Product Ready to eat meat packs Incident Undeclared allergen Country United Kingdom Date 17/06/2010 |
A British manufacturer is withdrawing its products from the market as its ready to eat packs contain cashew nuts, the presence of which are not declared on the product label. This makes the mislabelled meals a possible health risk for anyone who is allergic to nuts. No incidents have been reported to date. The Food Standards Agency has issued this allergy alert on its website. |
Product Recall Solutions
consumer products
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Product Plastic doll Incident Chemical Country France Date 11/06/2010 |
The product, imported from China has been withdrawn from the market in France as it poses a chemical risk. The doll's legs contain 1.3% of bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and 9.1% by weight of di-"isononyl" phthalate (DINP). According to the REACH Regulation (the Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) these chemical substances are prohibited in all toys and childcare articles.
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Product Pram for doll Incident Risk of injuries Country Czech Republic Date 11/06/2010 |
The product, imported from China is being recalled from consumers in the Czech Republic as it poses a risk of injuries. The locking device does not work and a child could trap a finger in the side of the frame. The product does not comply with the Toys Directive and the relevant European standard EN 71.
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