• Batter Cake Production
  July 13-17, 2009, Manhattan, KS
  
  
• Maintenance Fundamentals
  July 14-16, 2009, Harrisburg, PA
  
  
• GMP Workshop for Packaging Manufacturing Facilities
  July 14-15, 2009, Portland, OR
  
  
• Advanced Techniques in Labeling FDA Regulated Foods
  July 14-15, 2009, Manhattan, KS
  
  
• HACCP Workshop for Packaging Manufacturing Facilities
  July 16-17, 2009, Portland, OR
  
  
• Applied Baking Science
  July 20-24, 2009, Manhattan, KS
  
  
• Production/Operations Management
  July 27-31, 2009, Manhattan, KS
  
  


• Complete Seminar Calendar (US and Canada)

by: James Munyon,
President & CEO, AIB International

Over the past several months, there has been an ongoing and important debate in the United States between government and regulatory bodies and food manufacturers and retailers and their representatives regarding the value of the role played by third party food audit programs in securing a safe food supply.

AIB has prepared a document which we believe summarizes the most pertinent arguments in favor of such audits. The document concludes by addressing the AIB GMP audit program specifically and attempts to provide clarity regarding how our audits are scored, the nature of announced and unannounced audits, and the appropriateness of a direct fee-paying relationship between audit providers and their clients.

AIB International is committed to the notion of a strengthened FDA and their Integrated Food Protection Plan, as published in November, 2007. This Plan, in one of its many proposals, seeks to authorize FDA to accredit highly qualified third parties for voluntary food inspections.

We look forward to continued participation in the debate.

The Value of Third Party Audits, AIB International