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Ingredient Risk Identification

With HorizonScan™, you can see what’s threatening your food ingredients right now

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Monitor Food Safety Issues with HorizonScan

Ingredient Risk Identification by HorizonScan™ is a daily supply chain monitoring system of ingredient and supplier threats for biological, chemical and physical hazards. The system provides alerts for food supply hazards for immediate attention to emerging food safety issues.

Key Benefits

  • Identify current risks
  • Customizable daily email alerts
  • Comply with FSMA
  • Research suppliers, worldwide
  • Rank analytical priorities
  • Access 15+ years of historical data
  • Reduce risk of recalls
  • Protect your brand & customers

Incidents Tracked

  • Pesticides and drug residues
  • Foreign objects
  • Mycotoxins
  • Allergens
  • GMOs
  • Heavy metals
  • Dioxins, PCBs, PAHs

HorizonScan Facts

  • 500+ commodities tracked
  • 180+ countries of origin
  • 115+ global data sources
  • 1000+ new reports per month
  • 175,000+ total records
  • 40,000+ suppliers

The globalization of ingredient sourcing has made it more challenging than ever to assure the safety, quality and traceability of your supply chain. And the stakes have never been higher – under FSMA regulations, failure to implement an effective supply chain risk management program could subject food companies and their officers to significant liability and even criminal charges.

HorizonScan provides food safety professionals with a comprehensive, scientific basis for assessing supply chain risks. Developed by Fera Science, HorizonScan is an online service with a suite of proprietary Risk Assessment and Supplier Check tools tracking current and historical global food fraud and contamination issues in near real time.

1. Customizable daily email alerts
2. Choose from over 550 commodities
3. Advanced search capabilities
4. Graphs, trends, data & analytics
5. Identify high-risk suppliers
6. Get latest news feeds
7. View all new events from last 48 hours
8. View Original Event reports

Supply chain risk control is not only a FSMA requirement but is an important part of brand protection in today’s food safety environment. HorizonScan is a great resource to better understand where the risks are in your supply chain, and thus better manage those risks.

Dr. David Acheson – CEO of the Acheson Group & former Associate Commissioner for Foods at the U.S. FDA

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Developed by Industry Leaders

HorizonScan was developed by top UK scientists at Fera, formerly the Food and Environment Research Agency, a world-leading scientific organization specializing in food and agriculture.