SQFI Blog

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SQFI Monthly Newsletter – May 2017 – Training for Success

At SQFI, we believe that creating a safer food supply can only be accomplished by demanding excellence at every stop along the food chain. And for us, that chain starts with training.

We’re Mad about Management Commitment and Culture this March

Obtaining management commitment and establishing a positive food safety culture within an organization can mean changing behaviors and values that have lived in your facilities’ walls for decades. 

SQFI: Making your Food Safe and Sustainable

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. 

FMI Foundation and SQFI Announce 2016 Food Safety Auditing Scholarship Recipients

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Foundation in conjunction with the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) introduced 10 recipients of the 2016 Food Safety Auditing Scholarship at the SQF...

SQFI Develops Preventative Controls Audit Checklist and Guidance

Being in the food safety industry gives us all the opportunity to contribute to strengthening food safety requirements.

SQFI Announces the 2015 SQFI Quality Achievement Award Winners

The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) recently announced the SQF Quality Achievement Awards at their 2015 International Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana.

SQFI Website Is Now Multilingual

Safe Quality Food Institute Sponsors and Exhibits at 2015 Global Food Safety Conference SQFI to unveil multilingual website during the week of conference ARLINGTON, VA – March 3, 2015 – The…

SQF Level 2 Certification gets you ready to be FSMA Compliant

We’ve done our homework…and we got an A! SQFI knows that our stakeholders have questions about how SQF Certification will prepare them to be FSMA compliant, and now we’ve answered…

The FSMA Preventive Controls for Human and Animal Food rules are now final

The FSMA Preventive Controls for Human and Animal Food rules are now final. The preventive controls final rules were announced on September 10, 2015...

SQFI Announces SQF Quality Achievement Award Winners

The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) recently announced the SQF Quality Achievement Awards at their 2014 International Conference in Orlando, Florida.

SQFI Achieves FSC 25 and 26 GFSI Benchmarking

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…