SQFI Blog

Dr. Donald A. Prater provides an update on FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Strategic Blueprint.

Recently at the SQF Global event, I teamed up with Kendra Lunt, Technical Services Director, Reichel Foods, Inc., and we discussed risks in food safety with supplier partners.

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.

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.

Plant-based diet advocates failed to persuade USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.  

We’re really excited to see Appalachian Brewing Company (ABC) Inventory & Production Manager, Dave T,  featured on ABC Brew podcast share brewery operations and their recent SQF certification.

From the onset, we have been deeply concerned by the impact of COVID-19 and its potential effect on the SQF community.

When I assumed the leadership of FMI more than a decade ago, there were several key positions and staff vacancies I needed to fill.

Through 2020 Q1 and Q2, we have experienced the challenges brought on the COVID-19 pandemic. Our industry adapted to continue to uphold our food safety promise to the global community.

This past spring, the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) hosted a stakeholder consultation on a proposed plan to phase out the GFSI Knowledge Exam.

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.

As the COVID-19 pandemic response continues, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the FDA have been working around the clock.

We are supporting and celebrating GFSI with 5 days of messages to support the second-ever UN World Food Safety Day beginning 7th June.

Join us on Sunday, June 7, 2020 as we celebrate the profession with global colleagues.

During these extraordinary times, SQFI has strived to meet the needs of our clients by granting over 600 certificate extensions to date.

GFSI is delivering on their commitment to explore options in non-standard auditing as a result of COVID-19.

Meat and poultry processing facilities are a component of the critical infrastructure within the Food and Agriculture Sector.

This guidance summarizes how organizations should manage their personal protective equipment.

The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank has partnered with Dairy Farmers of America.

Food safety in manufacturing production protocols are more important than ever.

To ensure continuity of operations of essential functions, CDC advises that critical infrastructure workers may be permitted to continue work following potential exposure to COVID-19.