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News Update
20 Jan 2022
Global Markets
Outcomes from the GFSI Global Markets Strategic Review
It is becoming increasingly clear that local and well-informed food systems are critical in driving progress against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to the overall food security of future generations. Yet there is a lack of coordinated global support for businesses to build food safety capabilities, meet customer and regulatory requirements and supply safe […]
News Update
14 Nov 2023
Capacity Building
GFSI Launches the New GFSI Global Markets Programme GMaP™
Paris, November 2nd 2023 – Responding to the ever-evolving needs of Food Business Operators (FBOs), GFSI is delighted to announce the launch of the new GFSI GMaP™, a Global Markets Programme allowing FBOs easy access to a suite of tools to enable self-assessment of food safety proficiencies based on CODEX Alimentarius. Focused […]
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 […]
Blog
17 Mar 2021
Global Markets
Happy Anniversary to the Global Markets Awards!
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ It has already been five years since Mitch Chait, CEO and founder of Greenfence, and GFSI created a vision for the Global Markets Awards. In this vision, the awards would not only be a means for recognition for those who successfully led their companies on the path to safer food but would also […]
News Update
28 Feb 2020
GFSI Conference
GFSI Conference 2020 Roundup Day 2: Food Safety in Our Connected World
The celebratory atmosphere of the GFSI Conference 2020 — held on the year of GFSI’s 20th anniversary — continued into the second day of the event, always the zenith of the week. Thursday’s schedule was packed with exciting content, including the Global Markets Awards ceremony and the first-ever edition of the GFSI pitch contest, […]
Podcast
04 Mar 2021
GFSI
Food Safety & the GFSI’s Global Markets Programme
In this episode, Anne Gerardi, Senior Project Manager, GFSI, speaks to our resident host Linda Okpala about the importance of GFSI’s Global Markets Programme and the exciting public consultation that is currently taking place, as the team look to revamp the Programme for the future. Click to Sign Up for More GFSI […]
News Update
05 Feb 2021
Global Markets
Stakeholder Consultation – Strategic Review of GFSI’s Global Markets Programme
GFSI is launching a consultation for the strategic review of the Global Markets Programme. We encourage all interested stakeholders to participate in shaping the future of GFSI’s food safety capability building programme. Since its launch in 2008, the Global Markets Programme (GMaP) has been adopted worldwide as a tool to support small and less developed […]
Press Release
12 Mar 2020
Global Markets
True Stories of Food Safety Culture Around the World: A New Season of the GFSI Web Series
PARIS, 12th March 2020 – Travel with the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) from the music- steeped streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina to the colorful markets of Lagos, Nigeria in two new episodes of the GFSI Web Series! This short documentary series showcases small- to medium-sized enterprises that leverage GFSI’s programmes to improve their food […]
Podcast
20 Jan 2022
GFSI
Outcomes from the GFSI Global Markets Strategic Review
As the Global Food Safety Initiative, our ambition is to create and enhance food safety capability in food business operators, no matter their size or location in the world. To reach this ambition, it is essential to ensure GFSI’s Global Markets Programme evolves to meet the demands of a changing food safety ecosystem. In this episode of […]
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 […]
Video
25 Jun 2021
Global Markets
GFSI’s Global Markets Programme: A Look Back & Ahead
Join us as we reflect on the success of GFSI’s Global Markets Programme, a programme designed to help build food safety capability and aid SMEs to achieve certification to a GFSI-recognised food safety programme and to improve market access. We recently opened a strategic review and public consultation of the Programme to ensure it remains […]
Press Release
25 May 2021
Global Food Safety Initiative Appoints New Co-Chair to Lead Coalition of Action’s Steering Committee
Howard Popoola from The Kroger Company Will Join Roy Kirby at Mondelēz International as the SteerCo Leads Tom Wiester from Starbucks Coffee Company Becomes New Vice Co-Chair PARIS, 25th May 2021 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI; the Coalition), The Consumer Goods Forum’s Coalition of Action on food safety, is pleased to announce […]
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, […]
Press Release
15 Sep 2022
Benchmarking
BRCGS Global Standard Agents and Brokers Issue 3 Gains GFSI Recognition
Paris and London, 16 September 2022 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), The Consumer Goods Forum’s Coalition of Action on food safety, and BRCGS are pleased to announce that BRCGS Global Standard Agents and Brokers Issue 3 has successfully achieved recognition against GFSI Benchmarking Requirements v2020. The recognition encompasses GFSI Scope FII – Food […]
Press Release
29 Mar 2022
GFSI Conference
Global Food Safety Initiative Calls for Faster Action on Sustainable Development Goals
PARIS and BARCELONA 29th March 2022: The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) today launches a campaign to collate the views of the food safety community on the action needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals linked to food safety. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are designed to be a ‘blueprint to achieve a better […]