Food Safety

The Vital Role of Every Link in the Supply Chain for Ensuring Food Safety

As we prepare to celebrate World Food Safety Day on June 7, 2023, it is important to recognize the crucial role that every link in the supply chain plays in ensuring that the food we eat, sell, or prepare is ...

Communication and Culture: Imperatives for Food Safety

To ensure that food safety principles and practices drive workers and leaders across every level of an organization, a company needs to communicate and demonstrate their commitment to food ...

Promoting Food Safety at the Grocery Store

When we talk about food as medicine and the role that food plays in encouraging overall health and well-being, we need to also talk about the fundamental underlying idea of keeping food safe and promoting food safety for consumers. Across the ...

Drumroll Please: Introducing the 2023 Class of FMI Store Manager Awards Nominees

In addition to celebrating the hardworking people who make up our industry, we want to pay special attention to the store managers who are the heartbeat of local supermarkets across the globe. These devoted leaders embody their company’s vision and ...

A New Congress Brings Fresh Perspectives and Priorities

The 118th Congress has now been in session for over a month, and lawmakers are settling into their new roles and responsibilities, adjusted committee rosters and in some cases, updated office space. With new perspectives on Capitol Hill comes new ...

Food Safety Priorities Take Shape for 2023

Each year, FMI's Food Protection Committee sets initiatives to help guide and prioritize their work. These priorities help to focus our communication with member companies about pressing food safety issues and direct our efforts with Congress and ...

Ensuring a Best in Class Food Safety System

The FDA Food Code is a reflection of the alignment of stakeholders on food safety and represents the agency's best advice for a uniform system of provisions that address the safety and protection of food offered at retail and in food ...

Looking Toward the Future with Food Safety Innovation

Technological advancement presents profound opportunities for the way the food industry operates. A perfect example of this is demonstrated by Walmart, this year’s recipient of the Food Safety Innovation ...

3 Easy Ways to Jumpstart Your Plans for Supermarket Employee Day 2.22.23

There are more than 40,000 stores that sell food and grocery items in the U.S. alone. Millions of supermarket employees come to work daily to keep shelves stocked and to provide communities with essential services that help them survive and ...

Celebrating 25 Years of Consumer Food Safety Education

In 1997, leaders from federal and state government, industry and consumer organizations were working hard to lay the foundation for what would be the Partnership for Food Safety ...

Get Started on Food Traceability Compliance

Food traceability is all the buzz these days, especially since the release of FDA’s much anticipated Final Food Traceability Rule last month. Find out how you can take some initial steps toward compliance with these questions and ...

Does a Fruitcake Really Have a Half-life?

With the holiday season upon us, it’s important to recognize and share tips with shoppers for how they can enjoy their holiday meals to the fullest - even leftovers - mitigating unnecessary food ...

FMI Foundation Food Safety Scholars Honored at SQF Unites

Since 2013, the FMI Foundation has partnered with the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) to award the Food Safety Auditing Scholarships to outstanding students entering the field of food safety auditing. This year, out of 64 impressive applications, ...

FMI SafeMark® Delivers a Microlearning Version of Its Food Handler Training Course

Food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices of food handlers is critical to preventing foodborne illness. That's why FMI is offering a new microlearning version of the SafeMark® Quick Reference: Food Safety for Food Handler ...

Let’s Talk Viruses and Parasites at the Food Safety Forum

To support the food industry’s commitment to advancing food safety, FMI has partnered with the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) to bring together global research experts, industry professionals and food safety policy leaders to discuss ...