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20 Apr 2022
GFSI Conference
Top 3 Reasons to Find a Pest Control Provider That Can Offer Pest Traceability
Accurately tracing a pest infestation throughout an entire supply chain is no easy task. Not all pest control providers are capable of this service, but it is crucial to those in the food processing and manufacturing industries–especially when international shipping is involved. Here are the top three reasons why you should prioritize finding a pest […]
Blog
22 Feb 2021
Sponsored Content
Integrated Pest Management: The Ultimate Tool for Sustainable Pest Control
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ The COVID-19 crisis has presented the greatest challenge for the food industry in decades. Few sectors have been as badly hit. Restrictions caused by the pandemic have limited production and caused delays in the transportation of goods. Such delays have resulted in extended storage, which, in turn, has affected the quality of products. […]
Blog
16 Mar 2022
Sponsored Content
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Pest Control and Organic Facilities
Pest control in organic certified facilities requires a specialist approach to take account of the organic nature of the commodity. Just as non-organic facilities need to be protected from pests, so do organic certified facilities. Certified organic facilities are just protected in a different way. You need a partner that knows how to create an […]
Blog
23 Jan 2019
Pest Challenges Are Evolving Fast – But With Data and Insight We Have the Opportunity to Stay One Step Ahead
It’s a question that’s being asked across all industries – are we truly going to be able to use data to solve emerging global challenges and find new, better and more efficient ways of doing things? I believe the answer is a definite ‘yes’. In the pest control industry for example, it’s abundantly clear to […]
Blog
29 Apr 2021
Sponsored Content
How Global Data Can Help the Food Industry Improve Food Safety
/SPONSORED CONTENT/ When was the last time you touched your phone? A recent study has revealed how obsessed we are when it comes to our mobiles. On average, we touch them 2,617 times a day – with some people tapping, typing, swiping and clicking up to 5,427 times a day. Technology has accelerated at a […]
Blog
31 Aug 2015
Sustainable Water Management in the Food Industry
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals state that we shall ensure the availability of water and sustainable water management for all by 2030. The food industry can and should contribute to this. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals state that we shall ensure the availability of water and sustainable water management for all by 2030. […]
News Update
30 Jan 2020
GFSI Conference
Make the Most of Your Mornings with Special Sessions at the GFSI Conference!
To get the most out of your week in Seattle, be sure to add some Special Sessions to your conference agenda! Attendees who make time for these sessions, which are held at convenient morning intervals, will be the among the first to learn about the most cutting-edge innovations impacting food safety today. This year’s […]
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 […]
Blog
01 Mar 2018
How Technology and Innovation are Transforming Food Safety and Sustainability
The challenges we all face The evidence that we need to find new ways to manage food safety is growing all the time. Right now, the world’s population is currently growing by 80 million people a year. Overall the global population is forecast to expand to 8.6 billion by 2030. By 2050 this population will […]
News Update
31 Jan 2020
Certification
GLOBALG.A.P Certification at Closed Plant Factories in Japan
GFSI Japan Local Group Communication WG (GFSI): We spoke with Takao Akita, Executive Officer of Vitec Vegetable Factory Co., Ltd., one of the largest plant factory operators in Japan, which obtained GLOBALG.A.P. for all 5 factories in Japan. Vitec Vegetable Factory Co., Ltd. (VVF): Our parent company is Restar Holdings Corporation (HQ: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo) which […]
Blog
01 Feb 2017
Global Markets
Food Safety Enabling Growth and Economic Progress
Viewing food safety through the lens of risk management is the prevailing practice today. However, if the focus changed, companies would find that food safety can move beyond risk mitigation to become a source of growth and economic progress. Viewing food safety through the lens of risk management is the prevailing practice today. However, if […]
News Update
08 Feb 2018
Meet the Special Sessions Speakers at GFSC 2018
Join us for breakfast and great conversation with leading industry experts at the Global Food Safety Conference. We have an action packed week with all sorts of opportunities for delegates at this year’s conference in Tokyo. Outside the auditorium, there will also be a range of Special Sessions featuring industry experts discussing the hottest topics in food […]
Blog
21 Mar 2022
Sponsored Content
Sustainable Food Safety in a Changing Labor Market
Many of our conversations about sustainability focus on natural resources, and rightfully so. We have an obligation to care for the environment in which we live, especially when that environment is growing and raising our food. However, the last several years have shown it is also crucial to consider the sustainability of the systems that […]
Press Release
31 Mar 2022
GFSI Conference
Leaders from 50 Countries Convene at GFSI 2022 to Deliver Impact for Safe Sustainable Food
The GFSI Conference returns in person for three days of dialogue and networking in Barcelona BARCELONA, 31 March 2022 — The first in-person GFSI Conference in two years closed this afternoon following three days of discussion around the theme of Delivering Impact for Safe Sustainable Food. ‘I still can’t quite get my head around the […]
Blog
18 Dec 2019
GFSI Conference
The Pests Posing the Biggest Threats to the Food Supply Chain
The rapidly growing world population brings significant challenges, with the need for more food production and global trade. The World Resources Institute estimates there will be 10 billion people on earth by 2050, leaving a potential 56% food gap. These trends demand the wider movement and storage of produce – which is making pests […]
Blog
31 Aug 2015
Failures within complex supply chains are a huge risk to food safety – could new technology be the answer?
Historically, food safety agendas mainly focused upon assessing and managing risk within the primary processing and manufacturing unit. We now realise that supply chains are, in reality, an aggregation of multiple chains derived from the numerous components which make up the products. Any failure anywhere within these chains can result in major incidents. Is this […]
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