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The Comfort Factor: How an SQF-Certified Baked Goods Company Assures Its Retail Partners

Jun 4, 2021
As we gear up to celebrate World Food Safety Day, June 7, 2021, we look at the important relationship between food suppliers and retailers and the responsibility food safety professionals have to assure food moves safely through the supply ...

SQF Excellence Awards: Coming Together to Recognize Food Safety Leaders

Jun 1, 2021
Annually, SQFI celebrates the success of our global community through the SQF Excellence Awards Program, which highlights the accomplishments, passion and leadership of food safety auditors and practitioners who have gone above and beyond to foster ...

Kids Cook Up a Healthy Tomorrow

May 28, 2021
The Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE) put a call out to kids and teens to join in a recipe contest, and from all across the country, they responded. As part of the Young Cooks Recipe Challenge, these aspiring chefs were asked to create ...

A Conversation with FDA about Tech-Enabled Traceability

May 13, 2021
FDA has launched a new quarterly podcast series that will examine the various aspects of the Agency’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint. FMI’s Hilary Thesmar, chief food and product safety officer and SVP, food safety programs was invited to ...

Grocers Kept America Fed Throughout the Pandemic Despite Major Challenges

May 7, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed almost every facet of our lives since the first cases appeared in the United States late last winter, so it’s no surprise that it’s had a major impact on what Americans are eating and where they’re getting their ...

The Next Hot Topic: Social Justice and Food

May 3, 2021
The whole world is anticipating, yearning, and preparing for the day when the COVID-19 pandemic does not dominate the horizon of our life considerations. From a food industry perspective, part of that involves speculating which pandemic-tinged ...
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