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WATER REUSE Water Reuse in Food Production: The 2026 Codex Annexes and What a Water Scarce Site Can Defensibly Do By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety Specialist & Lead Auditor, ASC Food Safety · 15 min read CAC49, held in Geneva from 6 to 10 July 2026, adopted two new annexes …
CODEX AND SA LAW Is Codex Alimentarius Law in South Africa? How Codex, the WTO SPS Agreement and Our Own Regulations Fit Together By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety Specialist & Lead Auditor, ASC Food Safety · 15 min read No. Codex Alimentarius is a voluntary body of FAO and WHO …
MYCOTOXINS The Peanut Aflatoxin Code Rewritten: CXC 55-2004 After Twenty Years, and What South African Groundnut Handlers Must Change By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety Specialist & Lead Auditor, ASC Food Safety · 15 min read CXC 55-2004, the Codex Code of Practice for the Prevention and Reduction of Aflatoxin Contamination …
SCHEME VERSIONS FSSC 22000 V7, BRCGS Issue 9, SQF Edition 9 and IFS Food 8: Which Version Applies to You in 2026 By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety Specialist & Lead Auditor, ASC Food Safety · 15 min read Checked on 10 September 2026: FSSC 22000 Version 7 published May 2026, …
ISO TRANSITION ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 in 2026: What a Certified South African Site Must Actually Do By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety Specialist & Lead Auditor, ASC Food Safety · 13 min read ISO 14001:2026, edition 4, was published on 15 April 2026 and ISO 14001:2015 is now withdrawn …
RESIDUES AND EXPORT Codex Revoked Every MRL for Five Pesticides: What South African Exporters Must Check Now By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety Specialist & Lead Auditor, ASC Food Safety · 14 min read At CAC48, the 48th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission held from 10 to 14 November 2025 …
LISTERIA Listeria After the 2026 Codex Revision: The Wider Ready to Eat Definition and Your Environmental Monitoring Programme By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety Specialist & Lead Auditor, ASC Food Safety · 14 min read CXG 61-2007 was fully revised at CAC49 in July 2026 and the published text carries REVISED …
CONTAMINANTS New Codex Lead Limits for Spices and Herbs: What South African Blenders and Packers Must Do By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety Specialist & Lead Auditor, ASC Food Safety · 15 min read CAC48, the 48th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, held from 10 to 14 November 2025 in …
ALLERGEN LABELLING The New Codex Rules on May Contain: Precautionary Allergen Labelling and the Reference Doses By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety Specialist & Lead Auditor, ASC Food Safety · 15 min read CAC49, the 49th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, meeting in Geneva from 6 to 10 July 2026, …
CODEX 2026 Everything Codex Changed in July 2026, and What South African Manufacturers Must Do By Mthokozisi Nkosi, Food Safety Specialist & Lead Auditor, ASC Food Safety · 15 min read The July 2026 Codex session was CAC49, not CAC48, and it added a precautionary allergen labelling annex to CXS …
VC versus SANS, which food categories are covered, importer duties at the port, levies, factory inspection, detained stock and the regulatory file to keep.
Section 61 of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 makes you liable irrespective of negligence. How an R146 compliant label becomes your cheapest control.
Legal Metrology Act 9 of 2014, SANS 289, tolerable negative error, checkweigher setup, drained mass and the records an NRCS inspector asks to see.
Clause 4.1, 4.2 and 6.1 are not hazard analysis, and FSSC 22000 auditors write findings on all three. How to do context, parties and strategic risk properly.
The four hour traceability test, mass balance reconciliation, lot coding, mock recall evidence and who to notify in South Africa. RA20 pack R690.
Layout, flow and segregation is a BRCGS Issue 9 fundamental. Assign high risk, high care and low risk zones, colour code the flow and defend it. RA08 R690.
Water, ice, steam, compressed air and lighting all touch product, and most sites have never assessed them. What to assess, score and monitor. RA09 pack R690.
Supplier approval is a BRCGS Issue 9 fundamental. Risk rank suppliers and materials, match evidence to each tier, and keep approval current. RA11 pack R690.
Most TACCP studies stop at the supply chain. Cover all six domains: people, premises, process, product, transport and information systems. RA02 pack R690.
Every GFSI scheme wants a documented VACCP assessment. Score opportunity, motivation and control by raw material, with seven worked examples. RA18 R690.
