Category: Food Safety

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    The food quality industry is responsible for ensuring that food products meet the necessary standards to be safe and suitable for consumption. Risk mitigatio...
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    Risk mitigation is crucial in the food quality industry to ensure the safety and quality of food products.
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    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 righ...
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    Risk assessments are the backbone of any functioning food safety system and are necessary to identify potential hazards and risks in the workplace. Building ...
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    A recall and withdrawal program is a measure that no site hopes they must use. However, every site will be thankful to have one if they find themselves in a ...
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    How will you know what to produce unless it is defined? 
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    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...
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    Food defense is an essential part of the SQF System and one that is necessary for global food supply chain security. The lack of a properly implemented food ...
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    In the food industry, keeping your site well-maintained and organized is crucial. However, a well-managed facility can still fall victim to poor document and...
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    Every SQF food safety practitioner needs to stay up to speed with allergen management. Allergens are the leading cause of FDA and USDA recalls, and can also ...
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    By Anthony Camperone, Technical Development Manager, SGS North America, Inc.
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    By Carey Allen, Vice President, Business Development & Strategy USDA Announces Financial Assistance for Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Pro...
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    By Carey Allen, Vice President, Business Development & Strategy Pests, whether they be insects or animals, fungus, molds and bacteria, or weeds, carry di...
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     by Carey Allen, Vice President, Business Development & Strategy   The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of FMI, partnered with Intact, the ...
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    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, gl...
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    The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced the theme for the 2022 World Food Safety Day, “Safer food, better health,” and launched the campaign t...
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    SQF January Roundtable Recap
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    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, Educa...
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    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 th...
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    Getting SQF-certified is, of course, an accomplishment. Sustaining the high commitment to quality and food safety is crucial, not only to pass regular audits...
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    Starting October 4, 2021, SQFI has introduced four code amendments to be  implemented and audited with the applicable Edition 9 codes:
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    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...
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    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...
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    By: Mark Baum, FMI Chief Collaboration Officer and Senior Vice President of Industry Relations, FMI
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    Both retailers and customer shoppers have more options than ever when it comes to where they purchase their food, whether it’s to distribute or to consume. A...
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    Globalization has revolutionized the food supply chain and brought with it a whole new world of opportunities for businesses. However, along with these oppor...
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    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...
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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,...
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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 al...
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    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 appr...
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    Originally published by Food Safety News, available online here. By Dan Flynn  Plant-based diet advocates known as the Physicians Committee for Responsible M...
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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.
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    Join us on Sunday, June 7, 2020 as we celebrate the profession with global colleagues.
    FEMA Fact Sheet    Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Addressing PPE Needs in Non-Healthcare Setting This guidance summarizes how organizations should consider...
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    We have  an important update for you on the Use of Face Coverings in Food Production and Retail Food Establishments
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    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 und...
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    Coronavirus Resources and Preparedness Resources CDC is working across the Department of Health and Human Services and across the U.S. government in the publ...
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    SQFI has created a Quality Program for those sites who desire to go above and beyond food safety. The Quality Program is designed to monitor and control food...
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    SQFI has developed the Fundamentals Program for Food Manufacturing and the Fundamentals Program for Primary Producers, just for business owners like yourself...
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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 ...
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    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 o...
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    SQFI has exclusively partnered with Alchemy to develop the  Implementing SQF Fundamentals Code for Manufacturing eLearning Course.
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    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...
    The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) is a dynamic national trade association, representing the grocery retail industry on the cutting-edge of food and consumer...

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