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Collaboration: An Essential Ingredient in Ensuring Supply Chain Food Safety Blog 16 Apr 2024 Sponsored Content Collaboration: An Essential Ingredient in Ensuring Supply Chain Food Safety This year’s GFSI Conference theme, “Food Safety – Meeting the Needs of our Evolving World”, underscores the importance of food safety from farm to fork. From food fraud to import and export limitations, challenges at the local, national and international levels have made it more challenging for organizations to ensure food safety throughout the supply […]
Safe Collaboration Through Data Sharing Blog 24 Mar 2025 Safe Collaboration Through Data Sharing The Future of Food Safety & Quality is NOW   Why Food Safety Needs a Smarter Approach Food safety is a dynamic challenge. New risks emerge, regulations evolve, and supply chains grow more complex. Yet, the way we manage food safety remains largely unchanged, relying on traditional risk assessments, testing, audits, and fragmented data sources. […]
Global Collaboration, Enhanced Food Safety: The Benchmarking Requirements 2024 Unveiled News Update 20 Dec 2024 Certification Global Collaboration, Enhanced Food Safety: The Benchmarking Requirements 2024 Unveiled The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is excited to announce the much anticipated release of its revised Benchmarking Requirements (BMRs) version 2024. This significant milestone represents a commitment to enhancing food safety programmes worldwide and safeguarding consumer health. Aligned with Codex Alimentarius and ISO 22003, these science-based requirements enable a common understanding and mutual trust in […]
GFSI Steering Committee Meets to Share Progress in Advancing Food Safety Best Practice Press Release 28 Mar 2022 Governance GFSI Steering Committee Meets to Share Progress in Advancing Food Safety Best Practice PARIS and BARCELONA, 28th March 2022 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) will today conclude a three-day Steering Committee meeting examining the organisation’s progress over the last year as a Coalition of Action of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF). The Coalition represents the food industry’s commitment to food safety and its 22 Steering Committee […]
GFSI-led Webinar Opens the Door to 2021 World Food Safety Day Celebrations News Update 12 Mar 2021 Public-private Partnership GFSI-led Webinar Opens the Door to 2021 World Food Safety Day Celebrations The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Codex Alimentarius Commission Secretariat gathered online for a conversation that centred on public-private partnerships, a form of collaboration that is essential to securing food safety globally. Erica Sheward, GFSI Director at The Consumer […]
Interview with Niall Harbison, Former Chef, Tech Entrepreneur and Founder of Happy Doggo News Update 12 Feb 2025 Case Study Interview with Niall Harbison, Former Chef, Tech Entrepreneur and Founder of Happy Doggo Food safety isn’t just a job or a matter of public health – it’s a constant global mission, a commitment to basic human needs.  It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the challenges facing our food systems, but collaboration is key to progress. Hear the story of one man who transformed personal […]
Food Safety: an Opportunity to Rethink, Reset and Recharge Blog 10 Apr 2021 GFSI Conference Food Safety: an Opportunity to Rethink, Reset and Recharge Around the world, an estimated 600 million people fall ill after eating contaminated food each year, and concerns over food safety have been intensified by COVID-19. Yet the food industry has responded with brilliant commitment to the challenges of the pandemic – and it was inspiring to hear so many examples of this at last […]
GFSI SteerCo Meeting Summary: Stronger Relationships, Stronger Food Safety Systems News Update 10 May 2022 Governance GFSI SteerCo Meeting Summary: Stronger Relationships, Stronger Food Safety Systems Trust is undisputedly a fundamental ingredient in the recipe for food safety progress, so it comes as no surprise that it held such a prominent place at the recent GFSI Conference. The topic of trust was the guest of honour, referenced throughout the conference week in nearly every plenary speech, every breakout session and every […]
GFSI Conference 2023 Day 2 Roundup: Future Focused, Innovation Rich News Update 27 Apr 2023 GFSI GFSI Conference 2023 Day 2 Roundup: Future Focused, Innovation Rich ATLANTA, 26 April 2023 —Winds of change: Food safety future hinges on innovation, public-private partnerships, working together. As food safety challenges mount, stakeholders in the global food safety space will need to work together in new ways to address them. Those challenges were tackled at Day 2 of the GFSI Conference in Atlanta with an […]
Global Food Safety Initiative Starts New Chapter as CEO-led Coalition of Action Press Release 23 Mar 2021 GFSI Global Food Safety Initiative Starts New Chapter as CEO-led Coalition of Action 34 CGF Members Join the All-New Coalition and Will Be Governed by New Steering Committee GFSI Becomes Eighth Coalition of Action Under the Stewardship of The Consumer Goods Forum PARIS, 23rd March 2021 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) today announced that the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI; the Coalition) is starting a new chapter […]
Keeping Ahead of Risk and Disruption in the Food Industry Blog 17 Apr 2023 Keeping Ahead of Risk and Disruption in the Food Industry How are food businesses managing change – learning how to pivot and be agile as change keeps on coming – faster and more complex than before? How are they balancing – staying ahead of emerging disruptions and managing ongoing risks of food safety? We consider what’s at play.     We all know how much […]
GFSI Conference DAY 2 – Deepening Dialogue and Exploring Innovation News Update 02 Apr 2025 GFSI GFSI Conference DAY 2 – Deepening Dialogue and Exploring Innovation DUBLIN, 2nd APRIL 2025: Exploring pivotal themes shaping the future of safe food for all, Day 2 of the GFSI Conference 2025 built upon the foundations laid on the opening day.   The transformative influence of data and digital transformation in food safety practices With input from McCormick & Company, Mars, Inc. and Nestlé, the plenary […]
Beyond Compliance: The Digital Transformation of Food Safety at GFSI 2025 Blog 07 Apr 2025 Beyond Compliance: The Digital Transformation of Food Safety at GFSI 2025 As the curtains close on the 2025 Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Conference in Dublin, one message resonates loud and clear: the future of food safety management is digital. Across keynotes, panel discussions, and fireside chats, industry leaders underscored the urgent need to modernize food safety practices to keep pace with an increasingly complex global […]
How Does a Globally Complex Supply Chain Impact Food Safety? Blog 18 May 2021 Sponsored Content How Does a Globally Complex Supply Chain Impact Food Safety? /SPONSORED CONTENT/ At this year’s GFSI Conference, I was fortunate to lead a fireside chat with Rick Buttner, Senior Director of Supply Chain Operations for Subway’s Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC). The intent of this discussion was to help our peers consider the implications of an increasingly global and complex supply chain on food safety, and […]
Consultation Reveals Broad Support for GFSI’s ‘Race to the Top’ Framework Press Release 23 Jul 2020 Consultation Consultation Reveals Broad Support for GFSI’s ‘Race to the Top’ Framework Respondents commended GFSI for its unique role in facilitating effective dialogue between multiple actors in the food safety ecosystem. Consultation showed broad recognition that the four features are the right ones, with the most potential for positive impact, and that GFSI is in a position to drive a change agenda to enhance trust and confidence […]
GFSI Invited to Share Comments on New Codex Guidance on Food Fraud News Update 20 May 2022 Food Fraud GFSI Invited to Share Comments on New Codex Guidance on Food Fraud Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is participating with the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS) to support the development of its new guidance on food fraud. GFSI appears in the first draft guidelines of the Codex Guidance on Food Fraud as a key reference for its work on food […]
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