“The data age is here to stay, and we know dairy companies that don’t take advantage of it will be less successful than those that do in this highly competitive — and often volatile — market environment,” according to John Allan, IDFA vice president of regulatory affairs and international standards, and Rebecca Piston, chair of the Milk Industry Foundation regulatory committee and director of food safety at HP Hood LLC.

In this month’s “Rules & Regs” column in Dairy Foods magazine, they explained that connecting data between departments such as sales and marketing, procurement, operations, quality assurance and sanitation is increasingly necessary for economic sustainability and regulatory compliance.

Read, "Manage Food Safety Data," at dairyfoods.com.