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SAFETY ALERT

In food industry, as well as in the pharmaceutical industry where Data Integrity is so essential that it has become
mandatory. This trend has also affected the food industry as it is also where fault data
requirements and specifications can greatly affect consumers’ health in general.
stipulated by international standards New, this trend might seem for this industry, but we need to start accustoming ourselves
of quality, or in customers’ requests, to it. Concealing information, modifying data, as well as accessing stored data without
there has been a lot of mentioning common and standardized handling method, can all result in the loss of confidence in
products and manufacturers’ transparency. The traceability system has become inadequate
about traceability. The concept and obsolete. We need to go one step further to gain customers’ confidence towards
wraps around the ability for data’s transparency, which need to be efficiently systematized.
Data Integrity has lately been more and more in a spotlight and has also been included
the public to access products’ in many standard systems. Accordingly, any management should be transparent. Yet, it
information concerning their sources does not mean that all company’s secrets have to be disclosed to public. The early onset
and manufacturers. Especially in to get along with this new norm will lead to the better organizational image, showing to
some exporting industries, such as the customers that we are on the same pace with the rest of the world.
processed shrimp and processed
chicken to the EU countries,
traceability is not just an option but
has become a must. Manufacturers
have now adapted themselves to
this new regulation. However, there
is now a new norm in the industry:
Data Integrity.

Data Integrity is the constancy of data, as well
as the precision, consistency and accuracy of all
data involved. Data integrity has gained its
importance due to the great volume of
manufacturing data that involve many divisions
throughout production processes. These data are
systematically computerized and stored in great
details. But how to ascertain both customers and
manufacturers that these data are precise,
accurate and untampered with-- what are the
pre-determined approaches when dealing with a
case of unauthorized changes to the data. It is
important to make sure that in a long run, these
data still remain accurate and credible--not just
for the traceability purpose, but for the whole
auditing process.
Data Integrity can be applied and used
extensively to control manufacturing data.
Additional adjustments, though, are needed such
as in the ways of thinking and organizational
culture, as well as new perception and policies of
the high-level executives. This is because the
composition of Data Integrity is not only about
monitoring documents, both in the form of papers
and electronics. It also involves the awareness of
everyone in the organization to recognize the
effects of data on the consumers.
Data Integrity is the precision, consistency
and accuracy of all data in the cycle. These are
the data of the whole processing cycle, starting
from manufacturing process, purchasing records
keeping, quality and safety control, termination
and modification of data, data damage protection,
and last but not least, data accuracy.
Data Integrity has become a new norm around
the world because there have been incidents
where discrepancies with Data Integrity method
have posted risks to the safety of consumers of
health-related products. This is especially true in

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