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ASC Consultants Rebrands to ASC Food Safety Consultants: A New Era of Innovation, Technology & Excellence in Food Safety Solutions Across Southern Africa
ASC Consultants Rebrands to ASC Food Safety Consultants: A New Era of Innovation, Technology & Excellence in Food Safety Solutions Across Southern Africa Published: April 2026 | Category: Company News, Food Safety Industry | Author: ASC Food Safety Team MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Effective April 2026, ASC Consultants is officially rebranding to …
Why Choose ASC Food Safety Consultants: Southern Africa’s Leading Food Safety Experts
Understanding ASC Food Safety: Your Complete Food Safety Partner Across South Africa When South African food businesses need accredited training, expert certification consulting, or professional auditing services, they turn to ASC Food Safety Consultants – Southern Africa’s most comprehensive food safety consultancy operating across Cape Town, Johannesburg, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), and all nine …
Township Economies By-Law: What Businesses Must Know About the 2024 Regulations
Act No. 32 of 2000 – This by-law provides a national framework for municipalities to regulate, support, and manage township-based business activities.
Build Powerful Internal & Supplier Auditors Who Safeguard Your Business
A well-executed audit reveals patterns, exposes blind spots, and highlights risks long before they develop
How to Comply with BRCGS Issue 7 in Packaging Manufacturing
Why BRCGS Issue 7 Training Is Essential for Packaging Manufacturers BRCGS Issue 7 is one of the most globally recognized and widely demanded standards for packaging materials. Customers expect certified facilities to demonstrate strong system controls, risk-based thinking, consistent monitoring, and full traceability. The standard is far more than a …
FSSC 22000 Version 6: Guiding Organizations Through the New Requirements
This training helps teams understand not only what has changed, but how to implement the changes correctly, ensuring a smooth transition and continued certification.
Plant-Based Meat Gets New Rules: Everything to Know About Regulation R.6436 of 2025
In creating a fair, transparent, and innovative market for substitute proteins and here is all you need to know about Plant-based Meat
When Leaders Understand HACCP, Consumers Can Trust Every Bite
The course is structured to build true competence through a progression of clear, practical, and relevant modules. From the start, we establish a strong foundation in food safety management systems.
Empowering Food Safety Leaders to Master HACCP with Confidence and Authority
Without this advanced competence, HACCP plans become outdated or misaligned with regulatory requirements, and organizations struggle during audits. Complex hazards, high-risk processes, allergen management, and environmental pathogen risks demand advanced analytical skills.
Withdrawal of National Consumer Commission Enforcement Guidelines – Consumer Protection Act
(Act No. 68 of 2008 ) This South African Regulation establishes the internal enforcement functions of the National Consumer Commission by formally withdrawing its previous Enforcement Guidelines
National Environmental Health Norms & Standards – National Health Act
(Act No. 61 of 2003) This South African Regulation establishes the delivery of environmental health services across a wide range of premises (including food‑handling, accommodation, public gathering places, and waste facilities), by establishing national norms and standards to protect public health and prevent environmental conditions that may constitute a health hazard.
STANDARS AND REQUIREMENTS REGARDING CONTROL OF THE EXPORT OF OIL SEEDS: AMENDMENT
(ACT No. 119 OF 1990) This South African Regulation governs the the quality, grading, and export requirements of oilseeds; ensuring exporters comply with updated export‑control norms, packaging, and certification to meet both domestic and international regulatory expectations
Health Professions Act: Ethical rules of conduct for practitioners: Amendment: Comments invited
(Act No. 56 of 1974) This South African Regulation establishes the ethical conduct of registered health‑care practitioners, specifically allowing for expanded professional collaboration (e.g., partnerships between optometrists and dispensing opticians), multidisciplinary practices, and reinforcing contract-based employment in the interest of public health.
Proposed inspection fees for 2026: Comments invited
(Act no. 119 of 1990) This South African regulation primarily focuses on setting standards for the the inspection fees for agricultural product standards inspections (including food production and processing), by inviting comments on the proposed fee structure for 2026 to ensure transparency and cost‑recovery in inspection services.
Inspection Fees for Poultry, Processed Meat & Raw Processed Meat Products
(ACT No. 119 OF 1990) Government Notice No. 6774 published in Government Gazette No. 53605 on 31 October 2025.
National Guideline for Consideration of Climate Change Implications – Environmental Authorisations, Emission & Waste Licences
(Act No. 107 of 1998) This South African regulation primarily focuses on setting standards for integrating climate change considerations into applications for environmental authorisations, atmospheric emission licences, and waste management licences, ensuring that environmental impact assessments account for greenhouse gas emissions, mitigation strategies, and climate-resilient planning.
Future-Proof Your Food Safety
Prepare your organisation for FSSC 22000 Version 7 with ASC Public Health and Food Safety. Learn about updated prerequisite programs (ISO 22002-x:2025), GFSI alignment, and sustainability requirements. Access expert training, documentation toolkits, and guidance to streamline your transition, maintain certification, and stay ahead in global food safety standards
Take Control of Food Safety: Simplify Compliance, Protect Consumers, and Elevate Your Business with ISO 22002-100:2025
Discover ISO 22002-100:2025, the new foundation for food safety prerequisite programmes (PRPs). ASC Public Health and Food Safety helps organisations simplify compliance, embed robust hygiene and operational controls, streamline audits, and achieve ISO 22000:2018 and FSSC 22000 certification with expert toolkits and flexible training
ASC Consultants – SABC News Interview (Food Safety Regulations and Pest Control Chemicals)
SABC News interviewed ASC Public Health and Food Safety Consultants to shed light on Food Safety regulations and the use of hazardous Pest Control chemicals in the food industry.