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Quality Assurance & Food Safety

QA magazine is a mainstay of our quality operations. Leaders and operators alike look forward to each edition. The articles are insightful and help everyone understand the importance of all of our quality programs. The magazine is respected for its ability to cover all areas of quality assurance and food safety, from GMPs, pests, and foreign material control to food defense and recall/traceability.”

Bruce Ferree, Compliance Manager, California Natural Products

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The roll out of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations is a driving force of the U.S. food industry, particularly in relation to the shift from reactive to preventive practices across the supply chain – domestic and foreign. As such, worldwide standardization is a global priority, with the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) continuing to grow in prominence as the foundation or requirement of food safety programs around the world.

QA magazine provides unmatched coverage for quality assurance managers, pest management professionals, sanitarians, in-house pest control personnel and food plant managers responsible for pest control and food safety in processing plants throughout North America. For more than a decade, QA magazine has been considered the “must read” publication of the rapidly expanding food processing industry.

QA magazine delivers objective, well-researched, multi-expert articles on all facets of food quality, safety and defense to more than 45,846 industry professionals. We offer advertisers a full suite of products across multiple media platforms to reach industry decision makers with a range of print and electronic products, including an online digital edition, website, bimonthly e-newsletter, and custom communications.

If your company offers a product or service that would benefit QA professionals and PMPs serving these high-profile accounts, talk to a QA sales representative today!

QA 2015 EDITORIAL CALENDARJANUARY/FEBRUARY MARCH/APRIL

ISSUE EMPHASIS

• Technologies in Tracking & Traceability• Lab Management• Sanitary Design & Renovation• Pest Management: Birds

• The Outbreak: Investigation & Response• Environmental Monitoring• Supply Chain Management• Pest Management: Flying Insects

AIB FOCUS • FSMA Readiness • Kill Step Validation

BONUS DISTRIBUTION Food Safety Summit

CLOSING DATE January 15 March 16

MATERIAL DUE DATE January 20 March 19

MAY/JUNE JULY/AUGUST

ISSUE EMPHASIS

• Food Security - Feeding Tomorrow• Pathogen Detection & Elimination• Packaging Safety & Quality• Pest Management Service Guide

• Developing a Food Safety Culture• Employee Hygiene• Allergen Risk Management• Pest Management: Rodents

AIB FOCUS • Risk Assessment Models • Compliance: Legal vs. Operations/Finance

BONUS DISTRIBUTION IAFP

CLOSING DATE May 15 July 15

MATERIAL DUE DATE May 20 July 20

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

ISSUE EMPHASIS

• Dry Cleaning• Food Defense• The Global Food Chain• Pest Management: Stored Product Pests

• FSMA’s Final Rules• Foreign Object Detection• Cleaning & Sanitation• Pest Management: Cockroaches

AIB FOCUS • Defending against Intentional Contamination • FSMA Recordkeeping

CLOSING DATE September 15 November 16

MATERIAL DUE DATE September 18 November 19

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Quality Assurance & Food Safety

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ORGANIC FOODS THE POWER OF THE LABEL

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