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24 Mar 2016
Collaboration in Private Label Companies is Crucial for the Food Industry
The key to success in any line of business? Collaboration. This holds true in the private label industry where retailers, manufacturers and suppliers are dealing with global food supply chains that are becoming more and more complex. The key to success in any line of business? Collaboration. This holds true in the private label industry […]
Blog
07 Feb 2019
An Academic Perspective on Food Safety: Why Industry-led Collaboration is Key to Innovation
Multi-stakeholder collaboration is the beating heart of GFSI. The initiative began as a collaboration among a select group of retailers, but it has grown to encompass everyone involved in keeping food safe, including academics like myself. At the first plenary of this year’s GFSI Conference, I will represent the academic perspective among a diverse cast […]
Blog
01 Sep 2014
Food Safety: A shared responsibility through collaboration | LRQA @ GFSC 2015
If there’s truth in the saying that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts, the global food industry certainly has the tools at its disposal to prove it. As an industry, we have made great steps in improving food safety and in assuring the related supply chain. But there remain wider challenges […]
Blog
03 Dec 2018
Food Safety and Technology – A Look into Japanese Agricultural Data Collaboration Platform ‘WAGRI’
Making Japanese agriculture a growth industry with active agricultural management through the full use of data. In Japan, with aging of farmers who have been engaged in high-value-added agriculture, there is increasing difficulty with how to pass down their experiences and techniques. In other countries, enhancement of agricultural productivity and management improvement are promoted by introducing […]
Blog
05 Apr 2016
Solving Food Safety Across the Supply Chain – The Importance of Visibility and Collaboration
The 2016 Global Food Safety Conference in Berlin provided great insight into the challenges and opportunities that are top-of-mind for food safety experts around the world. The importance of collaboration across the supply chain emerged as a key theme in many discussions. The 2016 Global Food Safety Conference in Berlin provided great insight into the […]
Blog
13 Nov 2017
Why Collaboration is Critical to Food Safety for Retailers
The food retail industry is experiencing extensive, exponential change. And all signs point to more changes to come. Consumers are demanding fresh, locally sourced ingredients. They want artisanal products and exotic flavours. They want fresh food and food prepared on the premises. This consumer demand for diverse products and ingredients creates unique challenges for […]
News Update
17 Oct 2019
Benchmarking
Renewed GFSI-CNCA Collaboration & Other Highlights from the 2019 China Focus Day
On 16th October at the GFSI China Focus Day in Chengdu, two momentous events cemented the renewed collaboration between GFSI and CNCA, the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China. The two organisations, represented by Mr. Weijun Liu, CNCA and Mike Robach, Chair of the GFSI Board, signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding), renewing […]
Press Release
07 Nov 2016
Public-private Partnership
Government and Industry Set to Discus Groundbreaking Efforts In Public-Private Collaboration for Food Safety
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is to host top industry players and key government leaders at FSMA-focused food safety briefing in Washington D.C. on Nov 15 GFSI, a marketplace FSMA, has brought the industry together around a common standard and can be leveraged to support implementation of new food compliance requirements Cargill, Wegmans, McDonald’s, […]
Press Release
22 May 2018
Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange Top of Mind at GFSI Focus Day Mexico
GFSI’s Regional Event Brings Together More than 600 Food Safety Experts from Across the Region MEXICO CITY and PARIS, 22nd May 2018 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) recently held the second edition of its Mexico Focus Day in Mexico City on 3rd May. The latest edition of this key, regional event has been a tremendous […]
Press Release
16 Nov 2016
GFSI
FSMA, Food Safety and Public-private Collaboration Discussed at Groundbreaking GFSI Briefings in D.C.
GFSI INDEPENDENTLY ACKNOWLEDGED AS MEETING OR EXCEEDING FSMA REQUIREMENTS PARIS and WASHINGTON, D.C., 16 November 2016 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), powered by The Consumer Goods Forum, hosted two hundred industry and government leaders at briefings in Washington D.C. yesterday. Foremost on the agenda was the alignment between GFSI and FSMA in the marketplace. The discussions highlighted […]
Press Release
07 Dec 2017
GFSI Conference
Collaboration, Culture and Capacity Building Will Take Centre Stage at GFSI’s Global Food Safety Conference 2018
PARIS and TOKYO, 7th December 2017 – Food safety, transparency, and traceability are top of mind these days for everyone; from the CEO of a food and beverage company all the way to the individual consumer. In this environment of consumer awareness and digital transformation, how can we ensure food safety for consumers everywhere? The Global […]
Podcast
25 May 2021
GFSI
Food Safety: Collaboration, Transparency & the Road Ahead
In this episode host Linda Okpala speaks to new GFSI Steering Committee member Zoltan Syposs from The Coca-Cola Company on his first impressions, the increasingly important roles of collaboration and transparency, and the direction food safety is heading. Click to Sign Up for More GFSI Podcasts
News Update
09 Jul 2019
GFSI Conference
A Productive Public-Private Partnership in Argentina: Two Years of Collaboration between GFSI and MINAGRO
Argentina is one of the agricultural powerhouses of the world, its fertile land yielding everything from soybeans to grass-fed beef. The country therefore has a special obligation to ensure a safe supply chain, both to maintain its place in the global economy and to protect the health of consumers in Argentina and beyond. GFSI is […]
Video
14 Nov 2017
Why Collaboration is Critical to Food Safety #gfsi18
Blog
13 Dec 2017
Building a Safer and More Progressive Food Industry Through Public-Private Partnerships
As our food network becomes more globalized and interconnected, we have seen a shift towards greater transparency and integrity as consumers are awakened to issues of food safety and traceability. With this has come a recognition that we cannot build a safer and more efficient food supply chain without the support of local and national […]
Blog
03 Jan 2018
GFSI Turns 18 in 2018 | Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
I have been serving as GFSI Director for 3 years now but I’ve been familiar with GFSI since it was created. I’m delighted with the path GFSI has taken. It has a unique position leading collaboration in food safety across the private and public sectors around the world. It’s the only organisation unifying manufacturers, retailers, […]
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