TraceGains Discusses Food Regulations with Baylen Linnekin Executive Director for Keep Food Legal
Westminster, CA, February 19, 2015 --(PR.com)-- FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) and menu labeling are timely topics now in the world of food policy and regulation. Chelsey Davis, TraceGains’ Digital Marketing Specialist, explored the policy implications on the company blog. Davis interviewed Baylen Linnekin, Executive Director for Keep Food Legal and Adjunct Professor at George Mason School of Law.
Linnekin commented, “From both a theoretical and practical standpoint, mandatory menu- and vending-labeling is a lousy idea. Looking forward—from a theoretical perspective—even the chief architect of the country’s first menu-labeling law, former New York City health department head Thomas Farley, admits menu labeling ‘won’t stop the obesity epidemic[.]’ Practically, we know Farley is right, as study after study has found that mandatory menu labeling doesn’t lead consumers to choose lower-calorie options, and may even cause them to choose options with more calories.”
When asked about the US food supply, Linnekin shared, “The U.S. food supply is remarkably safe. That’s thanks in very large part to the nation’s farmers and food manufacturers. But not all food regulations—even newer ones—are bad. I support the FDA’s mandatory recall authority under FSMA for many reasons, including because I think it makes lots of sense given the FDA’s original mission to protect food safety.”
To read the entire blog, go to: http://www.tracegains.com/blog/all-about-food-policy-coffee-talk-with-baylen-linnekin
TraceGains is hosting the second annual Customer Conference on March 4-5 at Grand Hyatt - Downtown Denver. To register for the Annual Customer Conference, go to: http://www.tracegains.com/2015-customer-conference.
TraceGains (www.tracegains.com) provides food and ingredient manufacturers and brokers with a web-based, full-service supplier, compliance, and regulatory document management solution that automates the management of supplier risk, data, and documentation, making companies 365 Audit Ready™.
TraceGains’ cloud-based SaaS solution works with in-house solutions such as quality management systems (QMS), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and product life-cycle management (PLM), to close the loop on upstream risk. This solution provides collaborative supplier management, and eases compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), and internal business compliance requirements including hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP).
TraceGains digitizes all incoming supplier documents, making them easily searchable. TraceGains also extracts critical data and analyzes them against customer-specific business and compliance rules, alerting stakeholders to any non-compliance.
TraceGains’ customers boast a four to six month return on their investment. TraceGains is 2014 Food Logistics Top 100 software and technology providers. Learn more about conquering the supplier data revolution at: http://www.tracegains.com/supplier-data-revolution. Follow TraceGains on Twitter @TraceGains.
TraceGains, Inc.
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Jennifer Brusco
Director of Media and Content
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Linnekin commented, “From both a theoretical and practical standpoint, mandatory menu- and vending-labeling is a lousy idea. Looking forward—from a theoretical perspective—even the chief architect of the country’s first menu-labeling law, former New York City health department head Thomas Farley, admits menu labeling ‘won’t stop the obesity epidemic[.]’ Practically, we know Farley is right, as study after study has found that mandatory menu labeling doesn’t lead consumers to choose lower-calorie options, and may even cause them to choose options with more calories.”
When asked about the US food supply, Linnekin shared, “The U.S. food supply is remarkably safe. That’s thanks in very large part to the nation’s farmers and food manufacturers. But not all food regulations—even newer ones—are bad. I support the FDA’s mandatory recall authority under FSMA for many reasons, including because I think it makes lots of sense given the FDA’s original mission to protect food safety.”
To read the entire blog, go to: http://www.tracegains.com/blog/all-about-food-policy-coffee-talk-with-baylen-linnekin
TraceGains is hosting the second annual Customer Conference on March 4-5 at Grand Hyatt - Downtown Denver. To register for the Annual Customer Conference, go to: http://www.tracegains.com/2015-customer-conference.
TraceGains (www.tracegains.com) provides food and ingredient manufacturers and brokers with a web-based, full-service supplier, compliance, and regulatory document management solution that automates the management of supplier risk, data, and documentation, making companies 365 Audit Ready™.
TraceGains’ cloud-based SaaS solution works with in-house solutions such as quality management systems (QMS), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and product life-cycle management (PLM), to close the loop on upstream risk. This solution provides collaborative supplier management, and eases compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), and internal business compliance requirements including hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP).
TraceGains digitizes all incoming supplier documents, making them easily searchable. TraceGains also extracts critical data and analyzes them against customer-specific business and compliance rules, alerting stakeholders to any non-compliance.
TraceGains’ customers boast a four to six month return on their investment. TraceGains is 2014 Food Logistics Top 100 software and technology providers. Learn more about conquering the supplier data revolution at: http://www.tracegains.com/supplier-data-revolution. Follow TraceGains on Twitter @TraceGains.
TraceGains, Inc.
www.tracegains.com
Jennifer Brusco
Director of Media and Content
pr@tracegains.com
720-465-9400
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TraceGains Inc.
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720-465-9400
www.tracegains.com
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720-465-9400
www.tracegains.com
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