SQFI Blog

SQF certification is relatively new to the New Zealand produce sector, but with the release of the SQF Food Safety Code: Primary Plant Production Code.

Globalization has revolutionized the food supply chain. This globalization has brought many companies a whole world of opportunities but also more risks.

It's my pleasure to have spent all of my professional career in the food safety field.

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.

Food safety is straightforward and easy to implement in comparison to food quality. What constitutes as “safe” food can be outlined objectively and monitored.

Food Safety Culture is one of the SQF Edition 9 major changes.

The food we eat is kept safe through the dedicated efforts of everyone who grows, processes, transports, stores, sells, prepares, and serves it.

The complimentary Edition 9 Guidance Documents are now available for download.

SQFI released Edition 9 of the SQF Food Safety and Quality Codes.

You and your colleagues have put a lot of time and hard work into becoming SQF certified.

Killer Brownie, an SQF certified site in Ohio, recently shared a video describing their food safety program. 

Emerging markets and technologies, as well as increasingly complex supply chains, drives the unabated need for safe, quality food to meet the changing tastes and expectations of consumers. 

The global food safety community has been adapting to unprecedented business operations and procedures at a breathtaking pace over the past eight-plus months.

If your facility isn’t yet fully prepared for SQF Edition 9, you’re not alone. According to a SafetyChain poll, just 3% of respondents were completely ready for the changes as of January 2021.

The federal government designated the food and agriculture sector as part of the nation’s critical infrastructure.

For the first time ever, the SQF Code mandates all sites need a substitute or backup SQF practitioner.

No arguments that 2020 challenged our industry to respond and adapt.

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.

Shoppers continue to see food safety as a collective responsibility coming  – from the policy realm, farming and manufacturing, retailers, and the shoppers themselves.

For many years now, undeclared allergens have been the leading cause of food recalls in the United States.

I recently presented at SQF Global with Mr. Hiroya Sugimoto of AEON TopValu.