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 […]
Governance
GFSI Steering Committee Studies Trust & Impact – Summary of Q3 Meeting
“Your mission is to ensure we continue to earn the trust of consumers, the industry, IGOs, NGOs and regulators. Good luck. I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes.” This was the challenge laid out for the people around the table in Paris – and those calling in from around the world – at the […]
GFSI
GFSI Hosts First Steering Committee Meeting as CGF Coalition of Action on Food Safety
Following the success of the first-ever virtual GFSI Conference on 23rd-25th March, the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) hosted its first Steering Committee meeting as a Coalition of Action (CoA). The new Steering Committee and its 18 members were announced on the 23rd March, just days ahead of this first meeting on 26th March. The […]
Benchmarking
Dublin Meeting Sharpens GFSI’s Mission and Sets Key Priorities for Food Safety
The city of Dublin played host to an energising gathering of the GFSI Steering Committee (29-31 March 2025). The meeting was a powerful demonstration of the dedication of GFSI’s food industry leaders and team to reinforcing the foundations of global food safety. Aligning on the Future of Food Safety Assurance The meeting kicked off with […]
GFSI Steering Committee Holds its Second Face to Face Meeting of 2023 in Switzerland.
GFSI Community Unanimously Commits to GFSI Mission: Safe Food for People Everywhere. PARIS, October 30, 2023 – The second meeting of 2023 of the GFSI Steering Committee took place in Vevey, Switzerland, chaired by Mark Fryling and Howard Popoola, with an agenda supported by Erica Sheward, Director Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and the […]
Steering Committee Meeting Summary- 1st July, 2021
The 1st July meeting started with a progress update from the Governance Sub-Committee on the implementation of GFSI’s Code of Ethical Conduct. Erica noted that the first step involved GFSI appointing ambassadors in all GFSI groups and committees to ensure that members abided by the Code and a dedicated email address would be established to […]
Public-private Partnership
The Government-to-Business (G2B) Meetings | 2021 and the Look Ahead
For the sixth consecutive year, GFSI hosted the annual Government-to-Business (G2B) Meeting in 2021. The G2B Meeting is an extraordinarily unique platform, where governments and intergovernmental organisations come together with the private sector and discuss common opportunities to advance food safety around the globe. Since its genesis in 2016, the G2B Meeting has grown into […]
Technical Equivalence
GFSI Steering Committee Sets Course for Change
PARIS, 1 September 2023 – The GFSI Steering Committee meeting in April recharged its mission to bring new life to the Race to the Top. The framework dominated the two-day meeting held prior to the GFSI Conference in Atlanta. Steerco discussion looked at ways to refine priorities for 2023 and beyond, including engagement with CPOs […]
GFSI
3 Strategic Objectives for GFSI’s Third Decade
It has been a whirlwind few weeks since I stepped into the role of GFSI Director in October! With the help of the clever, committed people at GFSI and The Consumer Goods Forum, I’m diligently preparing for my first GFSI Conference this February. It’s an honour to be getting involved with GFSI just […]
Certification
Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships: GFSI Relaunches G2B Forum
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) convened the Government-to-Business (G2B) Forum on 3 April 2025 to reinvigorate the assembly as a platform for strengthening collaboration between the public and private sectors in food safety. The Forum is intended to serve as an important venue for exchanging insights and experiences, contributing to regulatory innovation and aligning […]
GFSI Race To The Top Priorities
GFSI Steering Committee Members Meet for Second Time Since Inauguration; Focus Shifts from Onboarding to Action
Members of the GFSI Steering Committee met for the second time as a group earlier this month following a series on onboarding sessions with individual members. The onboarding sessions helped to ensure new members were fully up-to-speed on all things GFSI and a strong foundation for the work to come. This second Steering Committee meeting […]
GFSI
From Transparency to Traceability
Smart businesses are taking proactive steps to share detailed product information with consumers and establish corporate initiatives for transparency and responsible sourcing. But thinking big needs to start small. Meeting large-scale goals begins with a single project, which can then be expanded to include batch lot traceability and other initiatives. Consumers today want to […]
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 […]
GFSI Statement Regarding the Suspension of International Featured Standards (IFS)
On 8th December 2022, GFSI announced the suspension of International Featured Standards (IFS) a GFSI recognised CPO for a period of 3 months following identified breaches of GFSI benchmarking requirements, GFSI Governance Rules and the GFSI and CPO Benchmarking agreement. The GFSI Steering Committee decided those breaches, touching on the implementation of a GFSI recognised […]
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