Food Safety

Science in Action: Celebrating World Food Safety Day 2025 in Retail

This year’s theme, “Food Safety: Science in Action,” highlights the importance of applying scientific principles throughout the supply chain to prevent foodborne ...

Food Safety Innovation Starts with a Question: What If We Could Make Food Safer?

FMI is seeking nominations by May 23, 2025, for the annual Food Safety Innovation Award. The award honors a company, organization or regulatory agency that is advancing food protection through ingenuity, leadership and ...

Retailers: Your Voice Matters in Shaping SQF Edition 10

Certification gives confidence that supply chain partners meet globally recognized food safety expectations. Edition 10 is your chance to ensure those standards stay practical, credible and aligned with real-world retail ...

Why The Food Industry Should Engage with Edition 10 of the SQF Code

Food retailers and suppliers are uniquely positioned to provide critical feedback. You understand the challenges of food safety from supplier to shelf to refine a program that benefits the entire food supply ...

Tackling Traceability, Produce, Chemicals, and Sanitation and Environmental Controls in the Year Ahead

This year's food safety priorities will focus on traceability, produce safety, chemical safety, and sanitation and environmental controls....

A Deep Dive into Reducing Cadmium in the Food Supply

To help FDA’s efforts in providing research and developing food manufacturer and consumer resources on cadmium, FMI and other associations hosted a symposium to explore health risks, regulatory frameworks, and collaborative ...

Shaping the Future of Global Food Safety

For over three decades, the Safe Quality Food (SQF) program, developed by the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of FMI, has set the gold standard for food safety and quality across.....

Let's Tackle the Real Causes of Food Inflation to Feed American Families

While it has been encouraging to see inflation cool in recent months, it’s been equally frustrating that the current political dialogue has lacked an in-depth, meaningful discussion of the economic subtleties....

Photo Friday: Innovating with USDA to Improve Nutrition Security

USDA MyPlate National Strategic Partners from across the country gathered for an in-person MyPlate Convening: Innovating to Advance Nutrition Security on July 18th at Amazon’s Arlington Headquarters....

An Increasing Focus on Chemical Contaminants

With the increased attention that chemical contaminants have gained, FMI recently formed a Chemical Contaminants Workgroup to allow member companies to collaborate and share scientific and technical ...

Prioritizing Food Safety in 2024: A Focus on Traceability, Produce Safety and Chemical Contaminants

Each year, FMI’s Food Protection Committee sets initiatives to help guide and prioritize their work. This year, our focus zeroes in on three priority areas: traceability, produce safety, and chemical contaminants....

World Food Safety Day: A Reminder to Emphasize Food Safety All Year

World Food Safety Day is an appropriate time to reflect on our work in food safety and crisis preparedness and to recognize our members’ commitment to providing safe food for our collective customers....

What Do EPA’s New PFAS Drinking Water Regulations Mean for the Food Industry?

The EPA recently published the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR), which are legally enforceable standards and treatment methods that apply to public water systems (PWS)....

Celebrating Excellence: PepsiCo Receives FMI’s 2024 Food Safety Innovation Award

We are proud to recognize PepsiCo as the recipient of this year’s award for their comprehensive approach to food safety. PepsiCo is the first product supplier company to receive the award and joins a prestigious list of past award ...

Traceability Is Important, But It Must Be Done Right

Food safety is the single most important issue the food industry prioritizes every day. FMI supports strong traceability systems, but it must be done in a way that is practical, achievable, and produces measurable results in enhancing food ...