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Implementing FSMA 204 Traceability: Produce Leaders Share Practical Perspectives

With compliance now pushed to July 20 2028, experts from Taylor Farms, Buyers Edge, and PFT explain why the grace period is a gift—if you use it to stress-test your data, labels, and recall playbooks.

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From Food Safety Summit 2025: Transforming Food-Safety Data into Predictive Insight with Risk Scoring

How to build, weight, and operationalize a facility-specific risk score that resonates from the floor to the boardroom.

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Mock Recalls, Real Gains: How Stress-Testing Traceability Can Ensure FSMA 204 Readiness

Even with extra time, the clock is ticking on traceability readiness. FSMA 204’s extension to 2028 gives food companies more runway, but smart operators aren’t waiting to act.

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EPCIS for Food Safety Teams: A Practical Guide to Modern Traceability

Learn how EPCIS delivers real-time, event-level food traceability, meets FSMA 204, and outperforms traditional EDI 856 ASNs in transparency and speed.

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Balancing Technology & Human Expertise in Food-Safety Monitoring

Learn why pairing real-time monitoring with skilled teams delivers quicker escalation, fewer paperwork headaches, and stronger food safety culture.

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30 Months: How to Use the FDA Deadline Extension to Achieve FSMA 204 Compliance

With the FSMA 204 compliance deadline moved back 30 months, here's how to make the most of the time to ensure traceability success.

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GS1 Standards: Enhancing Food Safety and Traceability in Modern Supply Chains

How standardized identification and data sharing creates safer, more transparent food supply chains from farm to fork.

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Glossary of GS1 Standards and Terms for Food Safety and Traceability

A clear and concise guide to key GS1 terms that support food safety, traceability, and supply chain transparency.

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Preventing Undeclared Allergens: A Retail Buyer’s Perspective

At SQF Unites 2025, Dr. Hal King outlined the vital need for foodservice establishments to focus on robust supplier verification to prevent potentially fatal reactions to undeclared allergens.

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Wholesale Expectations: Navigating Costco’s Supplier Requirements

Learn how to choose the right compliance pathway to meet Costco’s rigorous standards without unnecessary burdens.

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FSMA 204 Compliance: Four Key Priorities for Mid-Market Grocers

FSMA 204 brings significant traceability challenges for mid-market grocers, but compliance isn’t just about meeting regulatory requirements—it’s about doing so without disrupting daily operations. By focusing on four key priorities, grocers can streamline compliance while maintaining efficiency.

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Compliance or Complacency: The Use of Checklists in Food Safety

Checklists can strengthen food safety compliance, but only when used thoughtfully to drive engagement and continuous improvement.

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FSMA 204 Compliance: Overcoming Challenges in the Supply Chain

Compliance with FSMA 204 is essential to ensure food safety, but can seem complex and overwhelming. Frederic Clulow of Kezzler and Kevin Davies of Provision Analytics met for a discussion about solutions for food safety managers and upper management alike to find success in achieving compliance and improving efficiency.

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Procedure Solution Showcase: Sanitation

Stuck struggling to keep up with paperwork in a sanitation program that limits insights? Take a look at how Congdon, a tree fruit grower-packer, has saved time and found new opportunities for improvement with the help of Provision.

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Beyond GFSI: Walmart's Latest Supplier Requirements for Ethical Sourcing

Continuing their mission to ensure ethical sourcing and the sustainability of their suppliers, Walmart has changed the way they manage supply chain risk through third-party compliance audits.

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Procedure Solution Showcase: Maintenance

Managing manual maintenance procedures can become increasingly challenging as operations and facilities grow. Discover how Rice Fruit Company has harnessed the power of Provision to streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and gain valuable insights into equipment management trends.

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Leveraging Global Location Numbers to Improve Traceability

How GLNs can simplify traceability and help businesses meet the demands of FSMA with accurate visibility across supply chains.

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Procedure Solution Showcase: Sampling & Testing

Developing and running a sampling and testing program can be a challenge, especially with the weight of unwieldy paper holding operators back. Take a look at how 4Earth Farms has used Provision to help simplify their processes to save time and reduce errors.

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The Importance of Sanitation in Potato Packhouses: A Discussion with Janna Hamlett

Sanitation is one area of food safety management often overlooked in potato packhouse operations; learn what makes a thorough sanitation plan important and how such a plan can be managed in this Q&A with Dr. Janna Hamlett.

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The Future of Food Safety & Traceability: A Conversation with Dr. Jennifer McEntire

Provision sat down with Dr. Jennifer McEntire to discuss the future of food safety and traceability in the wake of FSMA 204 and influential new technologies.

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Walmart's New Traceability Requirements: What You Need to Know

Walmart has just announced new traceability expectations for all of its suppliers - find out what will be required and how to be prepared with the help of digital documentation.

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Implementing the New Era of Smart Food Safety

Join former FDA Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas and Provision CEO Erik Westblom for a discussion of the importance of technology in the new era of smart food safety.

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Cracking Down on Nut Recalls: Staying Ahead of Contamination to Protect Brands

With nut recalls in the headlines in 2024, it's more important than ever to optimize recall readiness and risk management.

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Strengthening Organic Enforcement: Impacts and Implications

The USDA is stepping up requirements for organic operations across the food industry - but what does this mean for growers, packers, and distributors?

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Spanish Data, English Audits: Tools for ESL Operators to Achieve LGMA Compliance

In the Diverse Leafy Greens Industry, LGMA Compliance Reigns Supreme

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Executive Moves: Three Strategies for CEOs to Capture ROI from Digital Food Safety

After leading a tree fruit co-op of more than 300 growers, packers, and processors, Warren Sarafinchan knew that the old manual processes were both an obvious risk and a hidden cost. After budgeting for improvements, Sarafinchan kept tabs on the impact of digital food safety.

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Aflatoxin: Addressing a Nut Industry Adversary Through Digital Documentation

Managing the risk of aflatoxin contamination has been a longtime challenge for nut growers - see how Provision's tools can help safeguard consumers and brand integrity alike.

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Solving the Documentation Dilemma: Streamlining Organic Audit Readiness

Keeping thorough records and being audit-ready can be a challenge for those seeking USDA Organic certification - learn how Provision can help make compliance a snap.

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Facing FSMA 204: Tools for the Leafy Greens Industry

The leafy greens sector is no stranger to the importance of traceability - but how can new tools be leveraged to help satisfy FSMA 204 and improve the industry?

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How a Major Distributor Streamlined Customer Claims

In this podcast, Provision goes behind the scenes of Lineage Logistic's Canadian division to talk about the impact of digital documentation on their customer claims system.

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Inside the Smart Food Safety Culture at Local Bounti

In this podcast, Provision sits down with the food safety leader at Local Bounti – a leading indoor grower of fresh greens and herbs.

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Client Insight: Progressive Produce's Move to Provision

A look at how longtime produce distributor Progressive Produce is using Provision to advance their food safety journey.

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Produce Traceability Beyond FSMA 204: Universal Retailer Requirements

FDA traceability targets a finite list of commodities – but will the ripple effect spread to the rest of the food and beverage industry?

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How to Scale FSMA Solutions in Fresh Produce Supply Chains

With expert input from industry pros GS1 US, Kezzler, and Provision, learn how a combination of cutting-edge technology can make FSMA 204 compliance easier than ever for fresh produce supply chains.

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