The ability to measure and track your organization’s food safety culture is transitioning from nice-to-have to must-have. GFSI scheme owners (SQF, BRCGS, etc.) are now incorporating food safety culture measurements as part of audit requirements. And government regulatory agencies are not far behind.

Intertek Alchemy has developed an array of solutions to help our clients sustain a mature food safety culture throughout their organization — and meet audit requirements.

We have updated all SQF observations in Alchemy Coach to align with SQF Code Edition 9. The SQF Code Edition 9 implementation date is May 24, 2021. These updated observations will help better prepare you and your employees for a successful audit on the new Code requirements.

OSHA, FDA, and CDC have recommended all worksites appoint a qualified workplace coordinator to develop and manage crisis management and business continuity programs. The objective is to be prepared for emergencies such as COVID-19 when they arise.

The Intertek Alchemy Burmese and Somali Premium training course libraries have been updated to include 7 new refresher courses. These courses have been part of the standard Alchemy course libraries, but up to now have not been available in Burmese or Somali.

You asked. We delivered! Intertek Alchemy understands it’s critical to provide the most current job-specific training solutions to your drivers in their native language to increase their comprehension. So, we’re proud to announce that 20 of our most popular PRO-TREAD courses have been translated to Spanish at no additional cost. The Spanish translation appears as subtitles via closed captioning.

Intertek Alchemy is excited to announce new functionality in Alchemy Playbook that makes it easy for you to upload existing SOPs and work instructions into Playbook for more efficient training. We've also added new capabilities to provide you maximum visibility into the full lifecycle of your employees' qualifications to ensure skills coverage and compliance.

As turnover, transfers, and reorganizations occur within your training and admin staff, it can be challenging to ensure all hands-on Alchemy users at your facility are fully capable of operating the Intertek Alchemy platform. With that in mind, we're excited to announce the release of 37 new eLearning courses on March 31st, 2021, to help set your admins and training team up for success on the Alchemy platform.

Our clients represent our economy and culture's backbone, employing millions of essential frontline workers that supply the food we eat and products we use every day. Your hard work and dedication inspire us to do everything we can to enhance the training solutions we provide to our clients.

This past year was a challenging year for everyone. But we were able to release several dozen product enhancements, courseware additions, and brand new products to help you with your employee training. Below is a timeline of just a few of these innovations from Intertek Alchemy during 2020.

Intertek Alchemy is taking the ability to track your frontline workers’ training to the next level. We’ve added new functionality in Manager to make it easier than ever for your employees to track their Learning Plan progress. Below are some of the features we released over the past month:

Many GFSI schemes (including SQF, BRC, FSSC22000, and IFS) now require food manufacturers to provide evidence that their service providers are qualified to deliver the services utilized in their facility. Intertek Alchemy provides food safety training to our clients; thus, we fall under this GFSI umbrella of a service provider affecting our clients’ food safety programs