FMI Promotes Four Seasoned Food Safety and Regulatory Staff Members
June 14, 2018
ARLINGTON, VA – Food Marketing Institute (FMI) today announces the recent promotions of four managerial staff members who embody the organization’s strategic emphasis on the food safety and regulatory environment.
Arlington, VA– The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) recently announced the SQF Quality Achievement Awards at their 2014 International Conference in Orlando, Florida. These seven awards recognize indi...
Arlington, VA – Le Food Marketing Institute (FMI) a annoncé aujourd’hui les promotions de quatre membres du personnel de direction qui incarnent l’importance stratégique de l’organisation pour la régle...
The power of communities inspiring positive change. Together, we can shape the future of food safety by engaging in dialogue and identifying our individual challenges. SQFI is looking to you to help u...
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The FSMA Preventive Controls for Human and Animal Food rules are now final. The preventive controls final rules were announced on September 10, 2015 and incorporated thousands of public comments, inclu...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration U.S. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition COVID-19 Updates The following information is now available on Food Safety and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19...
How Is the Grocery Supply Chain Responding to Coronavirus? By Doug Baker, Vice President, Industry Relations, FMI We live in a global economy, which is evident every day in the aisles of a grocery stor...
The food we eat is kept safe through the dedicated efforts of everyone who grows, processes, transports, stores, sells, prepares, and serves it. FMI and SQFI are jointly celebrating by focusing on the ...
With the release of the SQF Code Edition 8, we made some important changes to strengthen and improve our program. One of the major changes we made was to the environmental monitoring requirement. In ou...
November 2, 2016 – ARLINGTON, VA – The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Foundation in conjunction with the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) introduced 10 recipients of the 2016 Food Safety Auditing Sch...
By Ashley Eisenbeiser, MS, CFS, Senior Director, Food and Product Safety Programs, FMI A strong food safety culture is not dependent on one element. An individual, an event or a policy and procedures a...
Leslie Sarasin President and CEO FMI When I assumed the leadership of FMI more than a decade ago, there were several key positions and staff vacancies I needed to fill. One particular opening, the lead...
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Seize this unique opportunity to help shape the SQF Code, Edition 9 at the 2019 SQF Conference! Participate in a 2-part interactive forum to get program updates, hear results of the 2019 stakeholder su...
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To aid in implementing your program, SQFI has many accessible resources. Training is an excellent resource and depending on your learning preference, budget and time, there are online and face-to-face ...
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SQFI Select Site Program “Being audit ready all the time.” An SQFI Select Site is a site that forgo the three-year certification cycle requirement and voluntarily elects to have annual unannounced re...
Avec la Conférence internationale SQF 2017 qui approche à grands pas, c’est le bon moment de réfléchir sur le fait que la salubrité des aliments n’a pas de frontières. Dans le monde d’aujourd’hui, les...
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) is a dynamic national trade association, representing the supermarket industry on the cutting-edge of food and consumer trends. We are looking for a Vice President, ...
US Food and Drug Administration Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) As the COVID-19 pandemic response continues, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have been w...
If you are a food retail business leader, food safety professional or food producer, now more than ever, you understand the effects on production and retail by COVID-19.
By: Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh, Industry Relations, Food Marketing Institute Achieving fresh food safety can sometimes feel like a game of whack-a-mole. That’s because retailers and suppliers ar...
Aujourd’hui, les goûts des consommateurs changent très rapidement. Ils ont besoin de produits plus diversifiés et cherchent à obtenir leur nourriture par divers moyens. De nos jours, la protection de l...
At SQFI our mission and vision of protecting the food supply chain from farm to fork is again exemplified with the addition of our NEW SQF Food Safety Fundamentals programs. In this month’s newslette...
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Last week, FDA Commissioner Gottlieb issued a press statement indicating FDA has finalized guidance for industry and FDA staff entitled “Public Warning and Notification of Recalls.” Although FDA recog...
Primary Purpose The primary purpose of this position is to continue to develop and manage the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) Ethical Sourcing (ES) program.
Across America, we are being confronted with the challenges of coping with COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus. As we seek ways to deal with the uncertainties around us, the nation’s grocery stores...
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June 22, 2017 – ARLINGTON, VA – Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), will participate at the Specialty Food Association Summer Fancy Food Show and discu...
By Adam Friedlander, MS, CFS, Manager, Food Safety and Technical Services, FMI For many years now, undeclared allergens have been the leading cause of food recalls in the United States. With one month ...
Les contrôles préventifs de la FSMA concernant les règles touchant les aliments pour les humains et les animaux sont maintenant définitifs Les règlements définitifs sur les contrôles préventifs ont été...
ARLINGTON, VA – El Instituto de Comercialización de Alimentos (FMI) anunció hoy los ascensos recientes de cuatro miembros gerenciales de la plantilla que personifican el énfasis estratégico de la organ...
La culture peut être définie comme la « personnalité d’une organisation » et ce n’est pas chose aisée de mesurer une personnalité. Obtenir l’engagement de la direction et établir une culture positive ...
SQFI joins the FDA in celebrating World Food Safety Day. Everyday SQFI is committed to Food Safety and we appreciate the opportunity to celebrate that effort with our community.
Hace años, cuando las cosas eran un poco más simples, nuestros alimentos venían de la tierra en que vivíamos o de nuestros vecinos. Sabíamos exactamente de dónde venían las cosas y qué estábamos comie...
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Food fraud costs the global food industry approximately $49 billion per year. But what is food fraud and how can you protect your business from it? Food fraud is a collective term encompassing the inte...
Hay varios motivos importantes por los que la documentación es esencial. Los programas bien escritos ayudan a garantizar la continuidad de las prácticas óptimas que, a su vez, permiten lograr un produc...
Site compliance is not about documents in a set of dusty folders that have not seen the light of day since last year for the annual internal audits. Compliance is living, breathing, growing, and consta...
El fraude alimentario le cuesta a la industria alimentaria mundial aproximadamente 49 mil millones de dólares al año. Pero ¿qué es el fraude alimentario y cómo puede proteger su negocio de él? “Fraude ...
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The public comment period for the SQF Codes Edition 9 has begun. Your feedback is important to us and to the continuous improvement of the SQF Program.
「唯一比訓練了員工他們卻離開更糟糕的是,留下的員工沒有訓練。」 – 福特汽車公司 Henry Ford 在 SQFI 我們相信,只有在食物鏈的每一站都要求卓越,才能創造更安全的食品供應。」 對我們來說,食物鏈的起頭是訓練。無論您是食品設施的生產線員工、跨國食品公司的企業決策者、協助設施準備稽核的顧問、還是稽核機構的成員,訓練都是管理成功食品安全系統的重要第一步。 本月,我們邀請您加入我們的行列,探討...
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) continues to provide guidance to assist employees and employers with maintaining safe and healthy working conditions durin...
El SQFI obtiene la homologación de la GFSI para las categorías 25 y 26 del sector de alimentos A SQFI le complace anunciar que nuestro Programa de Almacenamiento y Distribución de Productos Alimentar...
By Kathy Chiao, Marketing Specialist Through 2020 Q1 and Q2, we have experienced the challenges brought on the COVID-19 pandemic. Our industry adapted to continue to uphold our food safety promise to t...
Depuis janvier 2017, le SQFI change la façon dont nous communiquons avec nos parties prenantes! Au lieu d’envoyer, chaque mois, plusieurs courriels de publicité d’événements et de mises à jour particu...
Dear SQF Stakeholder: We are deeply concerned by the impact of COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus, and its potential effect on our SQF community. We understand that continuing restrictions on trav...
Safe Quality Food Institute Sponsors and Exhibits at 2015 Global Food Safety Conference SQFI to unveil multilingual website during the week of conference
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Food safety is a critical component of a successful supplier/buyer trading partnership, and SQFI has created an approach for small to medium size food producers who don’t have a robust food safety prog...
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SQF Code Edition 9 The ongoing globalization of our food supply chain requires us to regularly review and update the SQF Code so we can continue to evolve alongside the global marketplace.
Brag Alert! I was so thrilled to see two SQF Certified organizations showcased in this wonderful partnership story. The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank has partnered with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)...
The SQFI Quality Achievement Awards recognize the commitment, support, and performance of outstanding individuals who uphold the integrity and performance of the SQF Program. Help us recognize the achi...
Consumir alimentos inocuos es un derecho humano básico que todos tenemos, y el hecho de ser parte de la industria de inocuidad de los alimentos nos brinda la oportunidad de contribuir para consolidar l...
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By Colin Christmas, Managing Director, EAGLE Certification Group Recently at the SQF Global event, I teamed up with Kendra Lunt, Technical Services Director, Reichel Foods, Inc., and we discussed risks...
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The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) is a dynamic national trade association, representing the grocery retail industry on the cutting-edge of food and consumer trends. We are seeking a Manager, SQFI Sale...
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In 2020, SQFI celebrated 25 years. Now in 2021, we celebrate Bill McBride and all his contributions to global food safety and SQFI as he enters into retirement. Bill was there from the beginning, build...
By Gigi Vita, Chief Food Safety Assessment Officer & Senior Vice President, FMI The SQFI Team is pleased to welcome Carey Allen to lead the business development efforts for the SQF expanding food s...
In March 2020, GFSI published a new version of the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements, the reference document setting expectations for GFSI-recognized Certification Program Owners, such as SQF. A number of...
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced the theme for the 2022 World Food Safety Day, “Safer food, better health,” and launched the campaign to inspire global participation.
Accelerated by the stay-at-home trends of the pandemic, the market for pet food products continues to grow. According to Alltech’s 2022 Agri-Food Outlook, global pet food production rose 8.2% last year...
Food safety auditors and practitioners are essential to the global food industry, as businesses expect their trading partners to keep food safety top of mind. Consumers trust quality and safety to just...
Safe food is critical not only for public health and food security, but also for livelihoods, economic development, trade, and the international reputation of every country. Only when food is safe can ...
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