Why does food safety and traceability matter? Top five ways it supports your success.

Foods tainted during any step of producing, processing or handling may cause deadly illnesses in humans. So whether you are a farmer, a food processor or a food handler, you play a key role in keeping Ontario's food supply safe. Food safety is everyone's responsibility!

That's what makes food safety and traceability so vital to the success of the food industry. They work together to improve Ontario's:

• public health
• food recall, and
• disease control

There are also important benefits for you. When you adopt food safety and traceability programs, you demonstrate to the public and your customers that you are committed to producing safe and high quality food. You help to secure and expand your market access by adopting recognized standards and market-required programs. And that's just the beginning.

Top five reasons to adopt food safety and traceability programs

1. Improve food safety and quality
2. Continue or increase your market share, or open new markets
3. Reduce production inputs and wastage
4. Increase production efficiency
5. Respond faster and more effectively to a food recall or a disease outbreak

The Advantage Series of Food Safety Programs™ give you all the tools you need to implement food safety and traceability programs. Find out how Advantage can help you achieve better results for your business - while keeping Ontario's food supply safe.

Learn more about Advantage programs for you:

• Food safety for the agriculture sector
• Food safety for the food processing industry
• Traceability: from farm to fork
  

For more information:
Toll Free: 1-866-641-3663
E-mail: advantage@ontario.ca