Looking Back on 2018. It is hard to believe that we are heading into the final months of 2018. Looking back, 2018 has been a very busy year at ArdoVLM....
Perverse KPIs and Sour Systems
I have a confession to make. I am a self identifying regulatory-trade nerd and while it feels great to get that off my chest, that fact probably explains why I...
Trade Facilitation – Where Do You Stand?
Trade Discussions With trade representatives from Canada, the United States and Mexico meeting in Washington this week for NAFTA renegotiation discussions, trade fact and fiction is back in the news....
Toying with food, from Farm to Label
Challenges in our Food System As the saying goes, we reap what we sow. Far from merely being a snappy metaphor, this truism is the foundation upon which our food...
Buyer of imported foods or Buyer of someone else’s regulatory problems?
With the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act bringing with it new federal regulations on top of existing product liability obligations, it has never been more important for the U.S. buyer...
From QAs and QCs to QIs and VQIP…Do you know your FSMA Ps and Qs?
I recently co-presented a FSMA webinar with Domenic Veneziano of Veneziano Consulting LLC and while our I.E. Canada webinar focused on U.S.-Canada cross border food issues, the key takeaway of...
Food Safety and Regulatory-Trade Compliance
VLM Foods Inc. is committed to quality assurance and regulatory-trade compliance. With qualified food safety auditing and regulatory affairs specialists on staff, VLM not only specializes in food safety oversight...
Compañía Frutera La Paz S.A – Frozen Tropical Fruits
Compañía Frutera La Paz S.A is a Costa Rican based company that engages in sourcing, processing and exporting IQF tropical fruits and root crops since 2005. View PDF here. We are...
The Name’s Quinoa, Proquinoa
Until quite recently, quinoa was an exotic if not mysterious foodstuff that left many North Americans struggling to identify the traditional Andean cereal let alone being familiar with how to...
Back to School – A FSMA Refresher
With Labor Day behind us and our kids all back at school, we thought it appropriate to look at a FSMA refresher. FSMA, the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act, was...