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Retail Food Safety Professional – The Wearer of Many Hats

May 9, 2019

In honor of International Food Professionals’ Day, today we salute the retail food safety professional who works tirelessly to ensure the food sold to customers is safe....

FSMA Rule on Intentional Adulteration Compliance Date Approaches, Who is Covered and What is Needed for Compliance?

May 8, 2019

The FDA’s Intentional Adulteration (IA) rule is one of the seven major rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The IA rule is intended to protect public health by preventing intentional adulteration from acts that are intended to ...

Safe Quality Food Institute and the National Restaurant Association Create SQF Food Safety Code for Foodservice

Mar 22, 2019

Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI) is excited to announce that in partnership with the National Restaurant Association, the two organizations will develop the SQF Food Safety Code for Foodservice. This Code will provide a solution for the restaurant ...

A New Recipe for Food Safety at Home

Mar 20, 2019

The FMI Foundation and Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE) released the Safe Recipe Style Guide, to help standardize food safety recipe instructions. These instructions can help raise public awareness for proper handwashing procedures, ...

The SCOTUS Case that will Reexamine What “Confidential” Means to You

Mar 19, 2019

A legal case heading to oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court this spring has far-reaching implications when it comes to something you hold near and dear -- your confidential commercial information. FMI is a named party in the case because we ...

SQF Code Recognized as a Procurement Standard for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games

Feb 14, 2019

The five Olympic rings aren’t the only thing food retailers will notice at 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo, Japan. The SQF Food Safety Code for Primary Production has been recognized as a procurement standard for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic ...

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