GFSI: Preparing for the Future

The webinar will explore the next chapter of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), offering insights into emerging priorities, strategic shifts, and the technologies shaping tomorrow’s food safety landscape. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how GFSI is adapting to meet the challenges of a dynamic global supply chain, including climate-related risks, digital traceability, and evolving regulatory expectations. The session will highlight key updates to benchmarking requirements, the role of third-party certification, and how GFSI is working to harmonize standards across regions while maintaining flexibility for innovation.

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Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low in 2025

By Food Safety Tech Staff
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Inspections began to decline in early 2025, after 65% of the staff in the FDA divisions responsible for coordinating travel and budgets left or were fired in the name of government efficiency. Because of staff reductions, investigators suddenly had to book their own flights and hotels, obtain diplomatic passports and visas, and coordinate with foreign authorities. While the rate of foreign inspections had significantly decreased, domestic inspections have continued almost uninterrupted.

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SQF Edition 10 Delayed

SQF Edition 10 has been delayed due to an extension in the GFSI benchmarking application timeline, which now runs through March 2026. The new edition emphasizes food safety culture, change management, and environmental monitoring, and it consolidates documentation requirements to create a more proactive and holistic approach to food safety. 

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Update: Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula

As of November 19, 2025, a total of 31 infants with suspected or confirmed infant botulism and confirmed exposure to ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula (various lots) have been reported from 15 states. Laboratory confirmation for some cases is ongoing. For 27 cases with illness onset information available, illnesses started on dates ranging from August 9 to November 13, 2025. All 31 infants were hospitalized. No deaths have been reported to date.

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