NSF in partnership with microbiology expert, Dr. Ruby Lee, can help you fully optimize your food safety program using best practices to design and implement a solution customized to your facility.
Dr. Ruby Lee, Microbiology Expert
Dr. Lee is available to leverage her extensive experience and industry knowledge to assess your food safety program in the following areas:
Pathogen control
Regulatory compliance
Recall management
GFSI and food safety management system audit readiness
Environmental monitoring program design, implementation and troubleshooting
Dr. Ruby Lee, M.Sc. Ph.D., a microbiologist by profession, has provided consulting, training and auditing services for hundreds of companies in the food, veterinary and diagnostic laboratory industries in North America for over 25 years. She is a Senior Microbiologist at NSF, faculty at York University’s Schulich Executive Education Centre and President of Lee Food Microbiologists Inc.
Contact NSF today at to arrange a confidential appointment with Dr. Lee.
GUELPH, Ontario and MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada – NSF launched www.nsfcanada.ca/fr this week to give Canada’s growing and complex food and beverage industry easy access to the global public health organization’s expertise and services available in the French language. The website combines information on the depth, experience and capabilities of NSF’s Canadian office with access to NSF’s global services dedicated to food safety and quality.
Evolving regulations across countries and increasing complexities associated with a globalized food supply network present challenges for NSF clients in Canada and around the world. The new French website offers expertise and services to help companies navigate these challenges, including certification and auditing, consulting, technical services, training and education, food and label compliance, packaging, and product and process development.
NSF’s French website provides information on the following services:
Consulting: A full‐service team approach providing technical resources, expertise and insight for a wide range of food safety and quality services, separate from our certification services. NSF provides various types of food safety and quality management systems consulting, finished product inspection testing for food, packaging and non‐food testing for rapid analysis and insight to protect the brand, and technical support services from on‐site temporary or permanent technical staffing placements.
Technical services: A one‐stop solution for food product compliance and formulation, from concept to finished product, including food and label compliance, packaging, product and process development, and shelf‐life and product evaluation.
Training and education: Training for the global food and beverage industry across the supply chain as an accredited International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) service provider. Topics include HACCP, food safety and quality, GFSI benchmarked standards, regulations (including the Safe Food for Canadians Act), food science, food packaging, food microbiology and ISO standards. Training modalities include eLearning, on‐site, customized and open enrollment.
Certification and auditing: Third‐party food safety audits and certifications, which are integral components of supplier selection and regulatory compliance. Accurate audits are the first step toward successful verification of a company’s food safety system, providing improved brand protection and customer confidence. Certifications and audits are available for livestock and produce in the agriculture industry, GFSI certification and management system registration.
Additionally, the website includes information about management system registrations for the food, automotive, environmental, information security, medical devices, aerospace and chemical industries, as well as for Ontario drinking water programs.
For more information on NSF’s services in Canada, upcoming events, Canadian food experts or global news releases, visit www.nsfcanada.ca/fr.
Editor’s Note: For media interested in more information, please contact Lise Smedmor (Canada) at lsmedmor@nsf.org or at + 1‐519‐821‐1246, ext. 6436.
About NSF
NSF (nsf.org) is an independent, global organization that writes standards, and tests and certifies products for the food, water, health sciences, and consumer goods industries to minimize adverse health effects and protect the environment. Founded in 1944, NSF is committed to protecting human health and safety worldwide. With operations in more than 170 countries, NSF is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center on Food Safety, Water Quality and Indoor Environment.
NSF provides expertise and accredited food services across all supply chain sectors, including agriculture, animal feed and welfare, produce, processing, distribution, dairy, seafood, quality management software, retail and restaurants. Services include Global Food Safety Initiative, foodservice equipment and nonfood compounds certification, HACCP validation and inspection, label claims verification and certification, DNA and food package testing, product and process development, food fraud consulting and training, and organic and Certified Transitional certification through Quality Assurance International (QAI). We also offer expert auditing, consulting and training.
GUELPH, Ontario, Canada – NSF in Canada launched www.nsfcanada.ca this week to give Canada’s growing and complex food and beverage industry easy access to the global public health organization’s expertise and services in Canada. The website combines information on the depth, experience and capabilities of the NSF Canadian office with access to NSF’s global services dedicated to food safety and quality.
Evolving regulations across countries and increasing complexities associated with a globalized food supply network present challenges for NSF clients in Canada and around the world. The new Canadian website offers expertise and services to help companies navigate these challenges, including certification and auditing, consulting, technical services, training and education, food and label compliance, packaging, and product and process development.
NSF’s Canadian website provides information on the following services:
Certification & auditing: Third-party food safety audits and certifications, which are integral components of supplier selection and regulatory compliance. Accurate audits are the first step toward successful verification of a company’s food safety system, providing improved brand protection and customer confidence. Certifications and audits are available for animal and produce in the agriculture industry, GFSI certification and management system registration.
Consulting: A full-service team approach providing technical resources, expertise and insight for a wide range of food safety and quality services. NSF provides finished product inspection testing for food, packaging and non-food testing for rapid analysis and insight to protect the brand, technical support services from on-site temporary or permanent technical staffing placements, and various types of consulting.
Technical services: A one-stop solution for food product compliance and formulation, from concept to finished product, including food and label compliance, packaging, product and process development, and shelf-life and product evaluation.
Training and education: Training for the global food and beverage industry across the supply chain as an accredited International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) site. Topics include HACCP, food safety and quality, GFSI benchmarked standards, regulations (including FSMA), food science, food packaging, food microbiology and ISO standards. Training modalities include eLearning, on-site, customized and open enrolment.
Additionally, the website includes information about management system registrations for the food, automotive, environmental, information security, medical devices, aerospace and chemical industries, as well as for Ontario drinking water programs.
Editor’s Note: For media interested in more information, please contact Lise Smedmor (Canada) at lsmedmor@nsf.org or at + 1-519-821-1246, ext. 6436 or Liz Nowland-Margolis (U.S.) at media@nsf.org or +1 734-418-6624.
About NSF
NSF (nsf.org) is a global independent organization that writes standards, and tests and certifies products for the food, water, health sciences, and consumer goods industries to minimize adverse health effects and protect the environment. Founded in 1944, NSF is committed to protecting human health and safety worldwide. Operating in more than 170 countries, NSF is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center on Food Safety, Water Quality and Indoor Environment.
NSF provides expertise and accredited food services across all supply chain sectors, including agriculture, animal feed and welfare, produce, processing, distribution, dairy, seafood, quality management software, retail and restaurants. Services include Global Food Safety Initiative, foodservice equipment and nonfood compounds certification, HACCP validation and inspection, label claims verification and certification, DNA and food package testing, product and process development, food fraud consulting and training, and organic and Certified Transitional certification through Quality Assurance International (QAI). We also offer expert auditing, consulting and training.
EyeSucceed brings together the power of assisted reality (AR) and wearable technology to transform how the food industry addresses real-world challenges like high labor costs, employee training and consistent execution
ANN ARBOR, Mich.,USA — EyeSucceed, a food industry technology company, was recognized as a Glass Partner for food industry applications of Glass yesterday. “Through its work with NSF, EyeSucceed has expanded the application of Glass technology, addressing food safety and quality issues around the globe,” said Jay Kothari, Project Lead, Glass.
Working directly with the Glass team and foodservice operations on the Google campus, EyeSucceed has been piloting food industry applications of Glass, including remote food safety and quality audits, since February 2015.
“While we started developing these applications to support remote food safety and quality audits, we quickly realized that assisted reality and wearable technology solutions could address many other business challenges in the food industry,” said Tom Chestnut, Co-Founder of EyeSucceed and a 30-year food industry veteran. “Assisted reality and wearables will be disruptive technologies in the food industry, specifically in the realms of employee training, food safety and consistent execution at the operational level.”
From rising labor costs to continual employee turnover and inconsistent execution, restaurant and retail owners face enormous day-to-day business challenges. EyeSucceed utilizing AR and wearable technology delivers innovative, patent-pending solutions like smart training and AR-assisted execution of tasks.
According to Jennifer Tong, Co-Founder of EyeSucceed and formerly of the National Restaurant Association, “The two primary gains of smart training and learning with wearable technology are the ability to train employees directly and unassisted at the workstation – even as the workstation moves as tasks change – and to do it in a simple, hands-free manner. Essentially, wearable devices like Glass are the trainers of the future, eliminating the high labor costs associated with peer-to-peer training, bringing greater efficiency and consistency to the workplace.”
EyeSucceed’s smart execution functionality monitors employee actions in real time as they follow step-by-step requirements needed to complete job tasks. If an employee deviates from the correct process, EyeSucceed notifies them through the wearable device and immediately displays the corrective action to be taken. Employee actions – including time between steps, deviation from correct procedures and corrective actions – are uploaded into the cloud. From there, data analytics can lead to process improvements. After two years of research and development, field trials for the EyeSucceed training applications and the initial mapping of data into the Google Cloud platform will commence in Q4 2017.
EyeSucceed is currently testing additional food industry applications with NSF clients in the United States, Asia and Latin America, where the ability to livestream from around the globe is allowing the industry to view first production runs, conduct supplier quality calibration and assist field operations by providing expertise from remote locations.
“Assisted reality and wearable technology is evolving at a rapid pace and will soon forever change how the food industry does business,” Chestnut said. “We are thrilled to be a Glass Partner to continue to evolve applications across the food industry.”
For more information about the EyeSucceed wearable technology solutions for the food industry, visit www.eyesucceed.com or email info@eyesucceed.com.
Editor’s Note: To schedule an interview or receive additional information about EyeSucceed, please contact Thomas Frey, APR, at media@nsf.org or +1 734.214.6242.
EyeSucceed (eyesucceed.com) is an NSF company bringing wearable technology and AR solutions to the food industry. By combining augmented reality with wearable technology, EyeSucceed addresses real-world challenges including high labor costs, training, consistent execution and food safety. Founded in 2015, EyeSucceed is a Glass Partner.
NSF (nsf.org) is a global public health organization that conducts over 150,000 food safety audits each year on farms, food processing facilities and distribution networks in 170 countries. NSF also provides consulting, training and technical support across the food industry. Founded in 1944, NSF is committed to protecting human health and safety worldwide, and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center on Food Safety, Water Quality and Indoor Environment.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., MONTREAL, Quebec, and BRUSSELS – NSF, a global public health and safety organization, has promoted Serban Teodoresco to Vice President, Food Safety for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions. In addition, he will continue serving as the Global Lead for NSF’s Consulting and Technical Services within its Global Food Division. Teodoresco is responsible for overseeing the direction, growth strategy and business results for NSF’s EMEA food safety services including operations associated with consulting and technical services.
In his new role based in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, Teodoresco will lead NSF’s EMEA food safety operations to develop innovative solutions for the agriculture, processing, food equipment, restaurant and retail industries. NSF’s extensive suite of food safety services spans from farm to fork and includes testing, certification, auditing, training and, separately, consulting.
“NSF has a true leader in Serban Teodoresco,” said Tom Chestnut, Senior Vice President, Global Food Division for NSF. “Serban’s expansive knowledge of the food safety industry, especially in the EMEA region, makes him the natural choice to lead the increasingly complex arena of food safety. He will provide the innovative leadership needed to grow NSF’s client services to protect public health and the global food supply chain.”
Teodoresco has more than 30 years of food safety, risk management and corporate entrepreneurship experience. He has also served as the Global Lead for NSF’s Consulting and Technical Services Group since 2014 where his expertise in the protection of brand reputation, crisis prevention and risk management solutions for the global supply chain helps NSF deliver services driven by client needs.
Prior to his position at NSF, Toedoresco served as President of Preventa™ Inc., a risk management consulting firm. He was also Vice President, Operations at DiverseyLever (Unilever Group) where he led the development of a new risk management group called SafeKey™, a branded suite of high-level food safety solutions. Teodoresco earned his graduate degree in mechanical engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal and an MBA from the University of Chicago, and attended INSEAD business school in France. He also co-authored the book “Integrated Risk Management for Mega Events” and a study on how to evaluate, manage and protect the corporate reputation.
NSF’s Global Food Safety Division and Consulting and Technical Services team is backed by NSF’s more than 70 years of food safety experience and expertise. The team consists of experienced, multidisciplinary food safety experts focused on creating practical, tailored solutions to client food safety and quality goals and challenges, including:
Consulting – NSF experts assist companies in developing HACCP (hazard analysis and critical control point) plans and assessing facilities’ compliance with Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certification requirements through gap analyses, training and operational assistance. Consulting is offered separately from certification services, and does not provide an advantage in gaining certification.
Supply chain management – NSF experts design systems and processes for managing and controlling site, supplier and product compliance, quality assurance and traceability across global and complex supply chains using the latest models and customized technologies such as Portico and TraQtion. NSF is a leading certifier to Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standards.
Risk assessment and management – Multidisciplinary experts utilize decades of experience and proprietary diagnostic and behavior-based assessments to address underlying causes of food safety failure and to provide a road map of customized actions to help companies protect their brands.
Crisis management – In addition to preventative crisis plan development and training, NSF experts can help companies quickly respond to and resolve food contamination and recall incidents.
Food Safety Training – NSF’s training and education services offer open enrollment and custom solutions for clients along the entire food value chain.
TraQtion – Quality management software aimed at helping track compliance and risk across suppliers, products and sites for food and beverage retailers, restaurants and manufacturers. The software provides companies an automated, unique and trusted way to manage their products and global supply chains.
For more information on NSF’s consulting and technical services, please contact Ian Haynes, Managing Director, Global Business Development at ihaynes@nsf.org or visit NSF’s food safety webpage.
Editor’s note: Media seeking more information or to schedule an interview with a NSF expert can contact Liz Nowland-Margolis at media@nsf.org or +1 734-418-6624.
About NSF: NSF (nsf.org) is a global independent organization that writes standards, and tests and certifies products for the food, water and consumer goods industries to minimize adverse health effects and protect the environment. Founded in 1944, NSF is committed to protecting human health and safety worldwide. NSF is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Food Safety, Water Quality and Indoor Environment.
NSF provides expertise and accredited food services across all supply chain sectors, including agriculture, animal feed and welfare, produce, processing, distribution, dairy, seafood, quality management software, retail and restaurants. NSF offers expert auditing, consulting and training across all areas of food safety. Services include Global Food Safety Initiative, foodservice equipment and nonfood compounds certification, HACCP validation and inspection, label claims verification and certification, DNA and food package testing, product and process development, and organic and Certified Transitional certification through Quality Assurance International (QAI).
NSF’s Canadian headquarters is located in the heart of Canada’s premiere food cluster. We sit shoulder to shoulder with academia, federal and local government and leading food industry organizations. Here, we offer fully integrated services which set the industry standard for food safety, certification and training, supporting our mission, which is to protect and improve global human health.
The organization continues to serve Canada’s growing demand for global food safety and quality services.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. and GUELPH, Ontario – NSF-GFTC, formerly known as the Guelph Food Technology Centre (GFTC), has changed its name to NSF. NSF, a global leader in food safety and quality, acquired GFTC, a Canadian food safety leader, in 2013, and at the time renamed it NSF-GFTC.
Renaming the organization NSF helps align all NSF services in Canada under the NSF umbrella, making it easier for clients to access additional services in food safety training, consulting, auditing and certification, as well as management systems (ISO) registrations.
Canada is a key market for NSF. The Canadian team provides services to 1,500 businesses, trains more than 7,000 food safety professionals globally and provides more than 110 training courses annually. To support this growth, NSF has built a new state-of-the-art facility within the Ontario Food Cluster, one of the largest food and beverage processing jurisdictions in North America. The facility’s grand opening will be held September 9, 2016 near the University of Guelph campus.
The new 20,000 sq. ft. building also houses NSF’s innovative eLearning capabilities as well as food packaging, labelling, and product and process development services.
“NSF was so pleased to have merged with NSF-GFTC and its members three years ago, and our role has been to continue to fortify the Canadian market by investing in our staff and infrastructure for our clients,” said Kevan Lawlor, President and CEO of NSF. “NSF’s Canadian clients also have access to a growing global organization dedicated to food safety and quality to protect human health.”
“Canada is a global leader in food safety and quality which is why NSF continues to support the important role Canada has worldwide,” said Tom Chestnut, Vice President, Global Food Division, NSF. “Renaming NSF-GFTC to NSF is important as our clients now have access to a wide variety of services that are available globally under the NSF umbrella.”
NSF also recently acquired a food safety organization in Montreal, Quebec that specializes in consulting and training. The organization, formerly called AgroExperts, is a subsidiary of Euro Consultants Group, which was acquired by NSF in August 2016. AgroExperts also will be renamed NSF, as a variety of NSF services are now available to its clients.
NSF Global Food Division provides expertise and accredited services across all supply chain sectors, from agriculture, produce, processing, distribution and dairy, to seafood, retail and restaurants. Services include Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certification (SQF, BRC, GLOBALG.A.P., FSSC, IFS, BAP and CanadaGAP), plus expert auditing, consulting and technical services, HACCP validation and inspection, organic and Certified Transitional food certification through Quality Assurance International (QAI), and specialty food verification and certification (including Non-GMO Project and gluten-free). NSF is also the leading certifier of foodservice equipment, nonfood compounds and bottled water/beverages.
Additional NSF services include dietary supplement and nutritional ingredient certification; training, testing and consulting for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries; consumer product testing; drinking water certification and safety audits; and sustainability solutions. NSF also provides management systems registrations (e.g. ISO 9001, 22000, 14001) through NSF International Strategic Registrations (NSF-ISR).
