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Featured Articles

February 10, 2025
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SQFI Announces 2025 Excellence Awards Finalists

By Food Safety Tech Staff

Finalists were selected in the categories of SQF Auditing and SQF Practitioner Leadership

September 8, 2024

The Importance of Auditor Calibration

By Kimberly Allison, Lindsay Walker

Food safety audits are critical for food and beverage operations and are critical in building a strong food safety culture. Whether preparing for a retail food safety audit or striving to meet scheme or standard audit requirements, auditor calibration can provide value to ensure auditors fully understand and abide by program rules. The authors describe how auditors can utilize auditor calibration to establish a stronger food safety culture and meet certification requirements.

September 8, 2024

FSSC 22000 Version 6 Achieves GFSI Recognition

By Food Safety Tech Staff

FSSC 22000 has completed the GFSI Benchmarking process for Version 6 of the Scheme and achieved recognition against the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements v2020.

August 15, 2024
Audit

Ensuring Food Safety from the farm to the table is crucial. How inspections and audits play a key role

By Don Abbott

Maintaining the safety of the food we consume is complex and multi-faceted. Inspections and audits have become the backbone of our food industry’s quality control processes in preventing foodborne illnesses and ensuring the stringent regulatory measures are met. This article details the intricacies of the importance of inspections and audits, highlighting the procedure involved to reduce the consistency of recalls.

July 23, 2024

The Effectiveness of U.S. Food Laws Over Private Standards

By Sayed M Naim Khalid

This paper compares U.S. food laws with GFSI standards, highlighting their respective strengths and weaknesses. U.S. food laws provide a legally enforceable, standardized framework that ensures consumer protection and public accountability. Conversely, GFSI standards offer flexibility, global recognition, and industry-driven innovation, albeit at higher costs and with less enforcement power. The U.S. food safety system, despite its complexity, delivers robust protection through comprehensive federal regulations. A balanced approach that integrates the strengths of both systems could optimize food safety, leveraging legal enforcement and global industry standards.

June 10, 2024
GFSI, The Consumer Goods Forum

GFSI Steering Committee Sanctions Equitable Food Initiative (EFI)

By Food Safety Tech Staff

The GFSI Steering Committee has suspended recognition of certification programmes owned by the Equitable Food Initiaive until evidence of re-alignment to GFSI Benchmarking requirements v 2020 is provided by the Certification Programme Owner EFI. This suspension took effect on 7th June 2024.

November 7, 2023
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Call For Abstracts: 2024 Food Safety Consortium

By Food Safety Tech Staff

The Food Safety Consortium call for abstracts is now open. The 2024 conference will take place October 20-22 in Washington, DC.

December 12, 2022
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Intertek Alchemy Launches Customizable Food Safety Culture Training Program

By Food Safety Tech Staff

The program includes GFSI-based food safety culture instruction, a best practice case study and a food safety culture gauge that provides custom action plans and resources.

May 31, 2022
Fraud

GFSI to Share Comments on New Codex Guidance on Food Fraud

By Food Safety Tech Staff

GFSI acts as an official observer to Codex, providing input and recommendations, and is also observing to help ensure this work does not reinvent the wheel, but identifies, collects and utilizes existing work from experts that have been working on this topic for the past decade.

April 19, 2022
GFSI, The Consumer Goods Forum

GFSI Conference Unites More than 600 Food Safety Professionals

By Food Safety Tech Staff

Experts discussed a range of global topics, with the organization's commitment to food safety and sustainability being a key theme.

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Columns

November 7, 2023
Biros' Blog

The Rising FSQA Phoenix

By Rick Biros
Rick Biros

The FSQA community is on the cusp of a resurgence in activity, training and investments. Even before the pandemic, there was an overall sense of FSMA and GFSI fatigue. I am seeing a collective increase in FSQA activity that has not been present in many years.

April 22, 2022
FST Soapbox

What Is Your Company’s Level of Digital Risk Maturity?

By Steven Sklare
Steven Sklare, Food Safety Academy

When assessing digital tools and maturity, what is not clear to many organizations is how to get started and how to create a road map that leads to improved results, more efficient operations and perhaps most importantly, to ongoing improvement in the production of safe food.

April 5, 2021
FST Soapbox

How Integrated Compliance Management Systems Maximize Efficiency

By Roberto Bellavia
Roberto Bellavia, Kestrel

An effective CMS requires an understanding of technology, operational needs, regulatory compliance obligations and certification requirements, as well as the bigger picture of the company’s overall strategy.

February 1, 2021
Bug Bytes

Food Safety Audits During a Pandemic: What You Should Know and How to Prepare

By Judy Black
Judy Black, Orkin

COVID-19 has not slowed down pests, and the last thing you need is a failed audit due to preventable pest issues.

January 20, 2021
FST Soapbox

Preparing for Your First Remote Audit? Everything You Should Know

By Tiffany Donica
Tiffany Donica, SafetyChain

From understanding the concept and its benefits to tips for working with remote auditors, here’s a step-by-step guide to the process.

Upcoming FST Events & Webinars

October 19, 2025 – October 22, 2025
Food Safety Consortium Conference

Food Safety Tech and the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) are excited to announce that the 2025 Food Safety Consortium will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia, from October 19-21. The 2025 event will focus on the convergence of policy, science, and best practices. With the conference being held near Washington, D.C., this year will place a renewed emphasis on policy discussions, reflecting the growing need to address regulatory and legislative issues. The program will also prioritize the sharing of best practices, offering attendees the chance to learn from one another and engage in collaborative problem-solving on hot-button issues.

On Demand Events & Webinars

April 23, 2025 – 12:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Food Safety Supply Chain Management Virtual Conference
March 5, 2025
Food Safety and Risk Management and the role of an often overlooked stakeholder, your Insurance Company
December 18, 2024 – 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere! Episode 3 Recording: Partnership for Food Traceability
December 12, 2024 – 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Automating Communications with your Lab Service Provider; The Path to Preventative
December 11, 2024 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Analyzing the Most Common Food Safety Issues in Cold Storage: How to Avoid Them & Prepare for the Future Frozen Food Supply Chain






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