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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 menu.

SQFI has exclusively partnered with Alchemy to develop the Implementing SQF Fundamentals Code for Manufacturing eLearning Course.

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 root cause of the issue.

In today’s technologically integrated society, a single recall or outbreak can affect the credibility of a food production or manufacturing facility.

An SQFI Select Site is a site that forgo the three-year certification cycle requirement and voluntarily elects to have annual unannounced re-certification audits.

News headlines that include words such as “recall,” “foodborne illness,” and “contamination” get the attention of consumers.

Has your company set food safety resolutions for the new year?

As we spend the last couple weeks of 2019 celebrating our successes and counting our achievements, it’s time to look towards the future.

The SQF family of food safety and quality Codes are designed to meet industry, customer and regulatory requirements for all sectors of the food supply chain.

The 2019 SQF Conference kicked off with a BANG! With thrilling performances, rousing breakout sessions, and plenty of coffee breaks, this year’s SQF Conference was truly the premier food safety…

Achieving fresh food safety can sometimes feel like a game of whack-a-mole.

We have turned the corner where great companies no longer look at social responsibility as an operational choice, but are looking at it as an economic and strategic imperative. Why?

Scientists from the FDA shared cutting-edge food safety research to update the general public.

The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), in partnership with the National Restaurant Association, today announces the release of the SQF Food Safety Code for Food Service.

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, beverages…

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ―Ralph Waldo Emerson This month’s SQFI Newsletter highlights the work and commitment of the people…

In today’s “prosumer” world, consumers are placing greater pressure on suppliers and retailers to raise their standards and performance with…

On July 02, 2019, SQFI published the newest edition of the SQF Code – Edition 8.1. While the announcement of a code update may sound intimidating, we assure you that…

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 strategies…

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…

Romaine lettuce might bring several images to mind. It might remind you of a delicious Caesar Salad, it might remind you of a beautiful display of food on the family table, or it might remind you...