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.
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...
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)...
Culture can be defined as the “personality of an organization” and measuring a personality is not an easy task. Obtaining management commitment and establishing a positive food safety culture within a...
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 food quality industry is responsible for ensuring that food products meet the necessary standards to be safe and suitable for consumption. Risk mitigation, the act of detecting, evaluating, and con...
Home / Voice of The Food Industry Blog By: Ashley Eisenbeiser, MS, CFS, Senior Director, Food and Product Safety Programs, FMI Shoppers continue to see food safety as a collective responsibility com...
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...
Safe Quality Food Institute Announces Ethical Sourcing Standard First food safety program to offer responsible sourcing certification ARLINGTON, VA – March 19, 2015 – The Safe Quality Food Institute ...
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.
Our commitment to food safety and quality assurance governs every decision we make. Though food safety has always been priority, increasing regulation has made food safety a legal issue and the respon...
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.
January 31, 2022 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a new video that provides an overview of the 2021 Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act. The FASTER ...
The definition of Food Safety Culture Shared values, beliefs, and norms affect mindset and behavior toward food safety in, across and throughout an organization. Elements of food safety culture are tho...
By: Kathy Chiao, Marketing Specialist, SQFI Has your company set food safety resolutions for the new year? Well, it all starts with building and nurturing a culture of food safety. Food safety doesn’t ...
Food safety is evolving. With the passing of the Food Safety Modernization Act, progressing technology, and more people developing food allergies, staying informed and trained on the latest trends and...
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...
Food safety is crucial for storage and distribution facilities for various reasons: Protecting consumer health: Ensuring food safety during storage and distribution is essential to protect consumers fr...
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...
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...
By Hilary Thesmar, PhD, RD, CFS, Chief Food and Product Safety Officer and Senior Vice President Food Safety, Food Marketing Institute Romaine lettuce might bring several images to mind. It might remin...
Becoming a victim of food fraud can be one of the biggest fears for most companies. Every site must prepare for this possibility, so this fear doesn’t become a reality.
In the latest report of the Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI) U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2017, when asked the question: Where do shoppers believe food safety problems are most likely to occur along the...
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: Hilary Thesmar, PhD, RD, CFS, Chief Food and Product Safety Officer and SVP Food Safety, FMI At the recent SQF Global virtual event, Dr. Donald A. Prater, FDA’s Associate Commissioner for Imported ...
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.
By Adam Friedlander, MS, CFS, Manager, Food Safety and Technical Services, FMI The food industry has a duty to protect consumers with food allergies. Individuals with food allergies rely on the informa...
SQFI has been working for some months on developing the SQF Food Safety Code for Foodservice. With the help of our Foodservice Technical Working Group, Technical Advisory Committee, Certification Bodi...
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...
Risk assessments are the backbone of any functioning food safety system and are necessary to identify potential hazards and risks in the workplace. Building a risk mindset at your site can assist you i...
PARIS and ARLINGTON, USA, 9th December 2021 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), The Consumer Goods Forum’s Coalition of Action on food safety, and Safe Quality Food Institute, a division of FM...
By: Adam Friedlander, MS, Manager, Food Safety and Technical Services, FMI Amidst old friends and new colleagues, SQFI, a division of FMI, proudly hosted over 850 food safety professionals, including o...
By Kathy Chiao, Specialist, Marketing, SQFI In today’s technologically integrated society, a single recall or outbreak can affect the credibility of a food production or manufacturing facility. Therefo...
So, you decided to get certified to the Safe Quality Food standard, the rigorous food safety and quality program recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and retailers, CPGs and foodservi...
A food safety plan is paramount to creating, developing, or maintaining any successful supplier/buyer trading partnership, which leads to the creation of the SQF Fundamentals Program by SQFI.
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 ...
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.
A hallmark of this young decade is challenge, wrought by the pandemic, divisions, global conflict, and supply chain problems. And while we like to – and rightly -- talk about the important strides that...
ARLINGTON, VA–The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), in partnership with the National Restaurant Association, today announces the release of the SQF Food Safety Code for Food Service. The code is a un...
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...
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...
The global food supply is as intertwined and integrated as ever. What happens on a feedlot in Nebraska can undoubtedly impact a consumer in North Dakota. A broiler chicken’s diet can be the make-or-bre...
Ensuring Food Safety and Quality with SQF and HACCP HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) and SQF (Safe Quality Food) are both systems designed to ensure the safety of food production. W...
SQFI Achieves GFSI Benchmarking to Cover Food Sector Categories 25 and 26 SQFI is excited and pleased to announce that our Storage and Distribution of Food Products Program has received Global Food Saf...
Food safety has always been a passion and concern of the professionals whose jobs center on the protection of the food manufactured or grown for consumer consumption. As we reflect on our experiences f...
Food safety in manufacturing production protocols are more important than ever. There are two developments that we want to highlight for the SQF community.
Offre d’une approche fondée sur un système de gestion du contrôle sans gluten Arlington, VA, le 17 juin 2016 Le Programme Safe Quality Food (SQF), reconnu mondialement par les détaillants et les fourni...
Arlington, VA– The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) is proud to announce that the SQF Food Safety Code for Primary Production has been recognized as a procurement standard for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic ...
Mar 28, 2019 ARLINGTON, VA—Food Marketing Institute (FMI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Gigi Vita as the vice president of sales for the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI). Vita will be res...
Oct 26, 2021 ARLINGTON, VA — The FMI Foundation in partnership with The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of FMI – The Food Industry Association, awarded 15 outstanding food safety scholar...
Free SQF Guidance, Tip Sheets and Checklists The SQF family of food safety and quality Codes are designed to meet industry, customer and regulatory requirements for all sectors of the food supply chain...
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...
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 ...
As an SQF Stakeholder and Food Safety Professional, it is hard to pass up the opportunity to be immersed in all things food safety. At SQFI, we recognize the need for those in the food safety industry ...
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...
Oct 29, 2020 ARLINGTON, VA – The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) and the FMI Foundation recognized individuals from the global food safety and quality communities who have demonstrated academic exce...
By Tammie Van Buren, SQFI Compliance Manager In October 2020, SQFI released Edition 9 of the SQF Food Safety and Quality Codes. Several significant changes were included in the new edition, including 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...
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...
SQFI has exclusively partnered with Alchemy to develop the Implementing SQF Fundamentals Code for Manufacturing eLearning Course. This interactive course is designed to help small and medium-sized prod...
Consuming safe food is a basic human right we all have and being in the food safety industry gives us all the opportunity to contribute to the strengthening of food safety requirements. According to th...
What's on your company's list of business resolutions for 2022? A strong food safety and the quality program should be a perennial part of such lists, but this is a good time to amend your resolutions ...
By Canaan Rice, Ethical Sourcing Manager, Safe Quality Food Institute In today’s “prosumer” world, consumers are placing greater pressure on suppliers and retailers to raise their standards and perform...
Ofrecemos un enfoque de sistema de gestión para controlar el gluten Arlington, VA, 17 de junio de 2016 El Programa Safe Quality Food (SQF), reconocido a nivel mundial por los vendedores minoristas y lo...
Originally published by Food Safety News, available online here. By Dan Flynn Plant-based diet advocates known as the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine failed to persuade USDA’s Food Safet...
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, ...
22 juin 2017 – ARLINGTON, VA – Le Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), une division de Food Marketing Institute (FMI), participera au salon Summer Fancy Food Show de la Specialty Food Association et dis...
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...
By LeAnn Chuboff, VP of Technical Affairs The complimentary Edition 9 Guidance Documents are now available for download. We structured the Edition 9 Guidance Documents so you and your team can have an ...
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...
Today, consumers’ tastes change very rapidly. They require more diverse products and seek to obtain their food through a variety of vehicles. These days, protecting the supply chain has never been more...
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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