Source: Import Systems Unit (CFIA) cfia.isu-usi.acia@canada.ca All those who declare plant, animal or food imports to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) need to be aware of an important deadline coming in the new year. By January 1, 2019, those who declare imports electronically to the CBSA should complete … Read more
Everyone at WaudWare Wishes you the very best for the Holiday Season! For Christmas 2018, we will be closing at 5:00 pm on Monday, December 24th and re-opening at 8:00 am on Thursday, December 27th. For New Years 2018, we will be closing at 5:00 pm on Monday, December 31st and re-opening at 8:00 am … Read more
The Ontario Produce Marketing Association is welcoming Michelle Broom as its new president. Michelle is an experienced business leader and nutrition specialist with a particular interest in reducing chronic disease and improving food security in our community. Michelle’s LinkedIn profile identifies her skill sets in: Program and Business Management – Six years experience managing programs … Read more
Are you doing all you can to meet the new Food Safety Regulations? We can help make things a little easier for you with just a few steps. By utilizing our Attachments feature, you can attach Vendor Approval Documents to Vendors in PICS. By doing this, your users will be prompted when they enter a … Read more
The SanTan Elegante Conference Centre in Gilbert, Arizona was a buzz as the 15th Annual Southwest Fox Conference organizers presented the latest in Microsoft Visual FoxPro developer techniques and interoperability with other technologies. The conference was, as usual, awesome. We learned about many new things we can add to our software, industry trends, and how … Read more
Did you know? In two months, food businesses may need a licence to import, export or send food across provincial and territorial borders. They may also need a preventive control plan and traceability records. Find out what requirements will apply to your business when the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations come into force on January … Read more
Now more than ever, businesses in the fresh/perishable produce sector need to streamline operations and buy industry specific software that handles inventory and traceability in one. Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software features all this and more: ✓ Traceability ✓ Inventory ✓ Buying and Selling ✓ Growing and Production ✓ Brokerage ✓ Accounting ✓ Security … Read more
Do You Sell to Walmart? Some of our customers who sell to Walmart have asked us to help them with revising and/or setting up their various shipping documents (Packing Slips, Bills of Lading, etc.) to meet Walmart’s recent Compliance Requirements. We understand Walmart is now requesting Supplier’s Stock number, Walmart’s item number, and weight(s) now … Read more
You’re About to Enter the High-Tech World of Perishable Produce WaudWare president, F. Charles Waud was asked to contribute to a Produce Business Magazine article related to distribution software. The article, written by Bob Johnson dives into the challenges faced by the fresh produce industry around the world and fruit and vegetable consumers wanting to … Read more
The Agricultural Adaptation Council recently released news on the launch of Ontario Regional Priorities Partnership Program (ON-RP3), as follows: Ontario Genomics (OG), Agricultural Adaptation Council (AAC) and Genome Canada (GC) are pleased to announce the launch of the Ontario Regional Priorities Partnership Program (ON-RP3), a new regional program that will support proof-of-concept stage projects within Ontario’s … Read more
We’re receiving rave reviews about our new and improved PICS Help tool. It’s chock-full of helpful information for new and practiced Produce Inventory Control System (PICS) software users. Concerned About Giving Internet Access to Staff? One of the concerns we’ve heard is about allowing internet access to get to PICS Help Online and the risk … Read more
Fact Sheet: Traceability Traceability is the ability to track the movement of a food or a food commodity, one step back and one step forward. Under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR), new traceability requirements will apply to most food businesses that: import food export food distribute or send food products across provincial or … Read more
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