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News Update
08 Oct 2019
Certification
Safe Seafood for Consumers Everywhere: How Global Aquaculture Alliance Benefits from GFSI Recognition
According to FAO, aquaculture — the farming of fish, shellfish and other aquatic species — is the fastest-growing food production sector in the world. As new aquaculture facilities open every year, specialised CPOs like Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) are stepping in to champion those that use safe and sustainable production methods. GFSI is evolving […]
News Update
06 Nov 2018
Benchmarking
Global Aquaculture Alliance Achieves Recognition Against GFSI Benchmarking Requirements Version 7.1
PARIS, 6th November 2018 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has achieved recognition against Version 7.1 of the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements. GAA is an international, non-profit trade association dedicated to advancing seafood safety and environmentally and socially responsible aquaculture. Through the development of its BAP certification […]
Press Release
25 Nov 2021
Benchmarking
The Global Seafood Alliance Gains GFSI Recognition for Their Seafood Processing Standard 5.1
PARIS and PORTSMOUTH, NH, 25th November 2021 – The Global Food Safety Initative (GFSI), The Consumer Goods Forum’s Coalition of Action on food safety, and the Global Seafood Alliance are pleased to announce that their Seafood Processing Standard 5.1 has successfully achieved recognition against GFSI’s Benchmarking Requirements Version 2020.1. Dan Lee, Standards Coordinator/Program Integrity Advisor, […]
Blog
08 Aug 2018
Global Markets
GFSI Global Markets Programme: The Journey of a Mexican Agribusiness
This blog post is the second of a series that will be published over the next few weeks. This series will allow you to get to know the 2018 GFSI Global Markets Awards winners from four countries across the globe (Mexico, Japan, Nigeria and Pakistan) and how their use of the GFSI Global Markets Programme […]
Blog
13 Feb 2018
Launching the Global Markets Programme for Primary Production – 2nd Edition
It is my great pleasure to be invited to write this blog post on behalf of the GFSI Global Markets Primary Production technical working group to announce the launch of the Global Markets Programme for Primary Production. This second edition of Global Markets Primary has been designed to address food safety requirements pertaining to the […]
Press Release
07 Mar 2018
Global Markets
GFSI Recognises Excellence in Food Safety with its Global Markets Awards 2018
Four companies, Nuts and Legumes Co. (Pakistan), Plantation Industries Limited (Nigeria), Fuji Foods Co. Ltd (Japan) and ASOCIACIONES AGROINDUSTRIALES SERRANAS S.A DE C.V (Mexico), recognised for application of the GFSI Global Markets Programme on their journey towards GFSI certification The GFSI Global Markets Programme sets out how small and medium-size companies can provide safe food, […]
News Update
14 Sep 2018
GFSI
New Benchmarking Consultation Open: Global Aquaculture Alliance
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is opening a new stakeholder consultation as part of the benchmarking of the Seafood Processing Standard issue 5 against the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements Version 7.1. Following the publication of Version 7.1 of the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements, all recognised certification programme owners had to decide whether to renew their recognition. GFSI is […]
Press Release
24 Jun 2015
Global Markets
New Free Online Tool to Bolster Small Agribusinesses’ Competitiveness
Global Food Safety Initiative and International Trade Centre join forces to help small food manufacturers access global markets PARIS and GENEVA, 24th June 2015 — The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) today launched a free public customized joint online application of the Global Markets Programme (www.standardsmap.org/mygfsi). It is designed […]
Press Release
27 Feb 2020
Global Markets
GFSI Recognises Rising Food Safety Stars Around the World at the Global Markets Awards 2020
Winners from Ethiopia, China, Argentina and Ukraine lead their teams and their regions towards better food safety management systems SEATTLE, WA, 27 February 2020 — The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), together with awards sponsor Greenfence, today announced the 2020 winners of GFSI’s Global Markets Awards. The Global Markets Awards, now in its fourth […]
Press Release
27 Feb 2019
Global Markets
GFSI Recognises Food Safety Pioneers for Global Markets Awards 2019
Winners from Africa, Asia, France and LATAM take centre stage in their journey towards a world-class food safety system Golden Sugar Limited, Ashfaq Brothers Eggs Traders, Patisserie Ballion and Alfa Argentina all received high recognition for their work in food safety. The Global Markets Awards intend to highlight the food safety journey of companies from […]
Blog
24 Aug 2018
Global Markets
6 Top Tips for a Successful Global Markets Awards Application
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)’s 2019 Global Markets Awards, sponsored by greenfence, are rapidly approaching! If you are in the process of or thinking of applying to be one of next year’s winners of this prestigious award, use the following top tips by members of the international selection committee to produce a quality application: Tip […]
Press Release
08 Oct 2015
Benchmarking
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Recognises GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture Scope Extension
PARIS, 8th October 2015 — The GFSI Board of Directors is pleased to announce a new scope extension. The GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance scheme, Aquaculture has been successfully benchmarked by GFSI and has achieved recognition against the GFSI Guidance Document Sixth Edition. The document has been recognised against: Scope A II – Farming of Fish The […]
Blog
24 Jul 2018
GFSI Global Markets Programme: Instilling Collaborative, Employee Participation in Food Safety Culture
This blog post is the first of a series that will be published over the next few weeks. This series will allow you to get to know the 2018 GFSI Global Markets Awards winners from four countries across the globe (Japan, Mexico, Nigeria and Pakistan) and how their use of the GFSI Global Markets Programme […]
Press Release
21 Dec 2016
GFSI Conference
CEOs from Global Food Industry Giants to Gather at GFSI’s 2017 Global Food Safety Conference
Under the theme of “Leadership for Growth,” eight CEOs “walk the talk” and demonstrate just how important food safety is in their business: Cargill, Danone, Ecolab, The Hershey Company, Mondelēz, Schnuck’s, Tyson Foods and Wegmans Food Markets. The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) are working hard on what is […]
Blog
03 Sep 2018
Global Markets
GFSI Global Markets Programme: An African Success Story
This blog post is the third of a series that will be published over the next few weeks. This series will allow you to get to know the 2018 GFSI Global Markets Awards winners from four countries across the globe (Nigeria, Mexico, Japan, and Pakistan) and how their use of the GFSI Global Markets Programme […]
Blog
18 Jan 2019
Traceability Provides the Trusted Foundation for Global Food Safety
As food safety challenges intensify worldwide, global traceability is needed more than ever. Today’s traceability systems must be interoperable and scalable, providing all stakeholders in the food supply chain with an easy way to collaborate and share information. GS1 standards provide the needed framework for global visibility of food products as they travel from grower to consumer. […]
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