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SQF InfoDays、ニューブランズウィックにおいて6月18日に開催
Mar 7, 2019
SQF Code Edition 9: What’s Changing and How to Prepare
Mar 3, 2021
By LeAnn Chuboff, VP of Technical Affairs See full article here at SafetyChain. If your facility isn’t yet fully prepared for SQF Edition 9, you’re not alone. According to a SafetyChain poll, just 3% o...
SQF Code Edition 9 Continues to Embody One World, One Standard
Nov 5, 2020
Globalization has revolutionized the food supply chain and brought with it a whole new world of opportunities for businesses. However, along with these opportunities also comes more risks. Consumers an...
SQF Edition 9 Code Amendments Update
Oct 27, 2021
Starting October 4, 2021, SQFI has introduced four code amendments to be implemented and audited with the applicable Edition 9 codes:
SQF Code Edition 9 Free Recorded Webinar Series Available
Oct 17, 2020
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.
SQF Edition 9 Public Comment Period: Open thru July 31
Jul 1, 2020
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.
SQFI Monthly Newsletter – May 2017 – Training for Success
May 18, 2017
” The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training your employees and having them stay.” – Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company
Night Hawk Foods, Inc. Receives SQF Select Site Certification
Jun 17, 2019
Transparency is the new black. Meaning, everyone wants to look good in it! However, being transparent about your food safety and quality processes isn’t something that is achieved overnight. If trut...
The SQF Program Isn’t Just for North and South America
Aug 22, 2018
In today’s world people are migrating rapidly, requiring more diverse products in their diet, and obtaining their food through a variety of different vehicles. Protecting the supply chain has never be...
SQF Fundamentals Program Launches in Brazil
Jan 12, 2020
By Kathy Chiao, Specialist, Marketing, SQFI News headlines that include words such as “recall,” “foodborne illness,” and “contamination” get the attention of consumers. That’s why it is crucial for ret...
Food Safety Audits During COVID19: Mitigating Exposure During an SQF Audit Pt. 1
Sep 14, 2020
An extraordinary event known as the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many sites to adapt operations. Sites are thinking outside the box and taking different approaches to protect both their staff and the g...
Food Safety Audits During COVID19: Tips to Minimize Exposure During an SQF Audit Pt. 2
Sep 21, 2020
By Tammie Van Buren, SQFI Compliance Manager Allowing visitors in 2020 has extra heightened concerns, but it is very possible. Whether or not your site will have 10, 25, or 50 percent of the audit cond...
Food Safety Has No Borders
Oct 17, 2017
With the 2017 SQF International Conference right around the corner this is a good time to reflect on the fact that food safety has no borders. In today’s world people are migrating rapidly, requiring ...
Announcing the 2020 SQFI Select Sites
Jan 12, 2020
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...
Start the Year Off Right with the SQF Fundamentals Program
Dec 12, 2019
As we spend the last couple weeks of 2019 celebrating our successes and counting our achievements, it’s time to look towards the future. Let’s review our accomplishments and evaluate them – and I mean ...
What Food Safety Culture Looks Like: SQF Featured Site
Mar 4, 2021
Killer Brownie, an SQF certified site in Ohio, recently shared a video describing their food safety program. Their Food Safety Manager, Polly Tartaro, and President, Chimene Mayne Ross, explain why the...
Pet Food Manufacturers Elevate Products, Brands with SQF Certification
May 6, 2022
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...
El Programa SQF no es solo para Norteamérica y Sudamérica
Mar 7, 2019
En el mundo actual, las personas migran rápidamente, requieren productos más diversos en su dieta y obtienen sus alimentos a través vehículos diferentes. Proteger la cadena de suministro nunca ha sido...
Procedure for SQFI Select Site Status
Apr 22, 2019
It’s essential to be audit ready. Hence the phrase: “Being audit ready all the time.” In fact, good food safety and quality practices should be adhered to and practiced on a consistent basis. Not just ...
Another Successful and Valuable SQF International Conference in the books!
Nov 22, 2017
The 2017 SQF International Conference opened with a bang! With a record attendance of 862, the next few days were an engaging experience that sharpened skills and gave the attendees tools and resources...
“Audit Ready All the Time” – What it means to become an SQF Select Site
Aug 17, 2017
It’s essential to be audit ready. Hence the phrase: “Being audit ready all the time.” In fact, good food safety and quality practices should be adhered to and practiced on a consistent basis. Not just ...
Where to Begin with Developing Your Food Safety Culture
May 14, 2021
By LeAnn Chuboff, Vice President, SQFI Technical Affairs Its my pleasure to have spent all of my professional career in the food safety field. One of the great perks are the splendidly smart and nice c...
Introducing the NEW SQF Edition 9 Guidance Documents
Apr 19, 2021
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 ...
How Is the Grocery Supply Chain Responding to Coronavirus?
Mar 11, 2020
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...
One World. One Standard. One Email…well kind of!
Jan 24, 2017
Starting in January of 2017, SQFI is changing the way we communicate with our stakeholders! Instead of sending multiple emails each month advertising individual events and updates, we will now be send...
SQFI Implements Data Analytics for Increased Visibility of Food Safety Trends
May 23, 2022
by Carey Allen, Vice President, Business Development & Strategy The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of FMI, partnered with Intact, the makers of Intact Analytics and the Intact Pl...
Why accredited certification is a strategic imperative for social responsibility initiatives.
Oct 16, 2019
By Jessica Osborne, Director of Business Development and Business Processes, EAGLE Certification Group
SQF Tips: How to Make Your Food Fraud Program Compliant
Oct 2, 2022
By Anthony Camperone, Technical Development Manager, SGS North America, Inc.
Why Indoor Farmers Need SQF Certification
Dec 5, 2022
By Carey Allen, Vice President, Business Development & Strategy For a process that starts with a tiny seed, indoor farming has grown into a big business. Already topping $40 billion, the industry i...
It’s Time To Focus On Quality
Sep 15, 2017
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wondering What SQF Is Doing About Cannabis in Food??
Sep 25, 2019
Various geographical jurisdictions have or will be creating regulations that enable the use of Cannabis and Cannabis related compounds to be introduced as ingredients or as concentrates into foods, bev...
Getting Started with Your SQF Food Safety Program
Feb 26, 2020
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 ...
Revisiting The 2018 SQF International Conference | A Crisis Hits: Are You Ready?
Jun 26, 2019
A major food safety outbreak has occurred, your product has been recalled, or some other crisis situation has happened. How do you recover? Using effective communications and crisis management strateg...
Why are Corrective Actions so Important?
Feb 20, 2020
By Tammie Van Buren, Manager, Compliance Simply put, a correction is an immediate action taken to fix an issue identified during an audit or while monitoring and corrective action works to resolve the ...
Private: Improving the Allocation and Consistency of COVID-19 Vaccines to Frontline Food Auditors
Jan 28, 2021
In order to keep the food supply chain running and Americans nourished during the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis, the federal government designated the food and agriculture sector as part of the nation...
GFSI Public Consultation Opportunity: Exploring Remote Audits
Apr 28, 2020
GFSI is delivering on their commitment to explore options in non-standard auditing as a result of COVID-19. Released as part of their initial position on March 16th, GFSI and the their Stakeholder Advi...
Spring is a Time for Growth and New Developments at SQFI!
Mar 14, 2019
Spring is coming and that means new and fresh things are popping up and starting to grow. This is also true at SQFI! This month we’re introducing in our newsletter a new section that will cover SQFI de...
Flipping The Traditional Business Model
Jun 13, 2019
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...
Prevent and Manage Risk with the SQF Practitioner Training Program: Approved Supplier Program Course
Sep 10, 2021
Train and Gain More Quality Outcomes with an Approved Supplier Program
2018: Reflecting on a year of Shaping the Future of Food Safety Together
Dec 10, 2018
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...
Your Next Steps to SQF Quality Certification
Feb 9, 2022
When customers demand high quality, your site should be able to demonstrate just how you’re providing it. Achieving SQF Quality Certification enables you to show your customers your commitment to maint...
SQF 資訊日9 月 9 日在伊利諾州
Mar 7, 2019
Start Your SQF Journey with the SQF Practitioner Training Program: Implementing the SQF Code Course
Sep 10, 2021
Train and Gain Confidence As You Implement SQF with Success
The Power of Communities Inspiring Positive Change.
Sep 10, 2018
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...
Auditor Conversion Process FSC 2 (Indoor Growing and Harvesting of Fresh Produce and Sprouted Seed Crops)
Mar 18, 2021
With the publication of Edition 9 there are some changes to the Food Sector Categories and their respective applications to the food safety codes. Specifically, FSC 2 was created to align with the new ...
Introducing the SQF New Food Safety Code Architecture
Oct 23, 2020
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.
How to Prepare a CAPA Plan with the SQF Practitioner Training Program: Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPA) Course
Sep 10, 2021
Train and Gain the Ability to Proactively Assess and Address Situations
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Addressing PPE Needs in Non-Healthcare Setting
Apr 27, 2020
FEMA Fact Sheet Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Addressing PPE Needs in Non-Healthcare Setting This guidance summarizes how organizations should consider and manage their personal protective equipm...
SQFI Extends Certification Due to Coronavirus
Mar 23, 2020
We understand that with COVID-19 impacting many business operations, the ability to conduct audits has been heavily influenced by the need to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus. Therefore,...
Conducting a Risk Assessment to Assess Your Environmental Needs
May 17, 2018
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...
Risk Assessment Clarification for SQF Audit Extensions during COVID-19
Apr 30, 2020
During these extraordinary times, SQFI has strived to meet the needs of our clients by granting over 600 certificate extensions to date. As our industry continues to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemi...
Forced Labor and the Impact on Supply Chain: What Retailers and Manufacturers Need to Know
Jul 23, 2019
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...
Getting Started on Your SQF Journey
Oct 12, 2022
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...
How to Impress a Buyer with your Food Safety Plan
Feb 26, 2020
Watch the Video After long months, you have carefully crafted a product you are certain customers will love; next is the ultimate goal: to see your product on store shelves or better yet featured on a ...
Why SQF is Crucial in Today’s Supply Chain
Mar 23, 2022
Every day brings news and a different angle on supply chain challenges in delivery goods to consumers. Protecting and optimizing the supply chain has become a top priority. Those throughout the chain c...
Third-Party Audits Will Take on Greater Importance in 2021
Feb 9, 2021
Food safety holds a critical role in a mutually successful buyer/seller partnership. Securing consumer confidence and loyalty are foundational pillars for retailers as they assess supply chain practice...
Document, document, document! If it is not documented, it is not done!
Jul 19, 2018
There are several key reasons why documentation is essential. Well-written programs help to ensure continuity of best practices, which in turn, lead to a safe and consistent product. In addition, accur...
Develop a Successful Internal Audit Program with the SQF Practitioner Training Program: Internal Auditing Course
Sep 10, 2021
Train and Gain on Continuous Improvement Efforts
9 SQF Codes Covering 12 Industry Scopes and 27 Food Sector Categories Gain GFSI Recognition
Dec 9, 2021
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...
Introducing the 2020 SQF Quality Achievement Award Finalists
Oct 26, 2020
Introducing the 2020 SQF Quality Achievement Award Finalists By Gigi Vita, Chief Food Safety Assessment Officer & SVP, SQFI
Announcing the Release of the New SQF Fundamentals Program
Jun 18, 2018
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...
Coronavirus and Pandemic Preparedness for the Food Industry
Mar 5, 2020
Coronavirus Resources and Preparedness Resources CDC is working across the Department of Health and Human Services and across the U.S. government in the public health response to COVID-19, commonly kno...
Tell us your story…be apart of SQFI history!
Sep 22, 2017
At SQFI, we are constantly improving and evolving. Not only are we keeping a watchful eye on the safety and quality in the industry, we are always updating our program. Our reach – and outreach – are...
‘We Are Resilient’: Industry Confident Supply Challenges Can Be Met Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Mar 17, 2020
See the full story in Grocery Business
Appreciating the Dedication & Quality of our Stakeholders and Partners
Aug 15, 2019
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ―Ralph Waldo Emerson
FMI Announces SQFI Leadership Transitions
Jun 29, 2020
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...
Achieve Sustainable and Overall Improvement with SQF Practitioner Training Program: Root Cause Analysis Course
Sep 10, 2021
Train and Gain Resolution to Non-Conformities
Your Supplier, Your Risk
Oct 29, 2020
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...
SQFI: Making your Food Safe and Sustainable
Feb 16, 2017
Years ago, when things were a little simpler, our food came right from the land we lived on or from our neighbors down the road. You knew exactly where things came from and what you were getting. As ...
How Does Your Food Safety Culture Stack Up? Know What your SQF Auditor is Looking For
Sep 8, 2021
By Kristie A. Grzywinski, MS, MLIS
SQF Excellence Awards 2022: Coming Together to Recognize Food Safety Leaders
Jun 1, 2022
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...
Introducing the 2021 SQF Excellence Awards Finalists
Oct 13, 2021
by Gigi Vita,Chief Food Safety Assessment Officer & Senior Vice President, FMI – The Food Industry Association
Un seul Monde. Une Norme. Un Courriel… en quelque sorte!
Mar 7, 2019
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...
4 Ways a Food Safety Labeling Service Can Meet SQF Edition 9 Requirements
Sep 14, 2021
Insights provided by Eurofins
We’re Mad about Management Commitment and Culture this March
Mar 17, 2017
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...
Working Smarter, Not Harder: Using Data to Build Continuous Improvement
Nov 6, 2020
By Tammie Van Buren, Manager, Compliance, SQFI
SQF Excellence Awards: Coming Together to Recognize Food Safety Leaders
Jun 1, 2021
By Adam Friedlander, MS, CFS, Manager, Food Safety and Technical Services, FMI & Kathy Chiao, Marketing Specialist, SQFI
Guidance for Implementing Safety Practices Critical Workers Who May Have Been Exposed to COVID-19
Apr 9, 2020
US Center for Disease Control and Prevention Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) To ensure continuity of operations of essential functions, CDC advises that critical infrastructure workers may be permi...
The Future Is Now: The Impact of Technology and Innovation on Global Food Safety
Feb 12, 2021
By: Mark Baum, FMI Chief Collaboration Officer and Senior Vice President of Industry Relations, FMI
SQFI Develops Preventative Controls Audit Checklist and Guidance
Aug 31, 2016
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...
Social Distancing in Food Production/Processing Facility
Apr 5, 2020
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...
Food Safety Resolutions with SQF Fundamentals Program
Jan 5, 2020
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 ...
The Benefits of the SQF Fundamentals Program
May 5, 2022
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.
SQF Conference 2019: Embracing Difficult Food Safety Conversations
Dec 12, 2019
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...
SQFI Announces 2022 Recipients of Excellence Awards at SQF Unites Conference
Nov 14, 2022
Winners selected for exemplary performance in Auditing and Practitioner Leadership
Food Safety Culture Guidance
Nov 1, 2021
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...
Tools for Food Safety Audit Success: The Importance of Training
Jan 22, 2020
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...
SQF 資訊日，10 月 1 日在加州薩利納斯
Mar 7, 2019
Notez, notez, notez! Si ce n’est pas documenté, ce n’est pas fait!
Mar 7, 2019
La documentation est essentielle pour plusieurs raisons principales. Des programmes bien écrits aident à assurer la continuité des meilleures pratiques qui, à leur tour, conduisent à un produit sûr et ...
The phrase “fake it ’till you make it” should hold no place in the food industry
Mar 20, 2018
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...
Jornada informativa de SQF en Illinois, 9 de septiembre
Mar 7, 2019
Información de registro Regístrese ahora
Implementing the SQF Fundamentals Code for Manufacturing – A Great 4 Hour Investment
Feb 20, 2020
SQFI has exclusively partnered with Alchemy to develop the Implementing SQF Fundamentals Code for Manufacturing eLearning Course.
SQF FSMA Resources
Mar 11, 2019
According to the FDA, the “Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is the most sweeping reform of our food safety laws in more than 70 years…”
WE’RE HIRING!! Manager, SQFI Sales
Aug 12, 2019
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...
New year, new you! What are your Resolutions?
Jan 23, 2018
It’s 2018…and we’d like to take this opportunity to officially wish all of our stakeholders a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
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