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News Update
09 Jun 2020
Certification
How GFSI’s Partnership with IAF Benefits Stakeholders
On the heels of World Food Safety Day underlining that Food Safety is Everyone’s Business, today’s World Accreditation Day marks the role of Accreditation in Improving Food Safety. GFSI is delighted that the cross-industry International Accreditation Forum (IAF) has chosen to focus on food safety for the 2020 edition. This world day is an exceptional vehicle to raise awareness […]
News Update
01 Jun 2020
GFSI
“Ensure it’s safe” #WorldFoodSafetyDay 2020
The second-ever UN World Food Safety Day, coordinated by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, is just around the corner on Sunday 7th June. This week, we are sharing a video every day – each with its own call to action – and we invite you to participate! As we all navigate a new normal, safeguarding consumers and global supply chains […]
News Update
28 May 2020
Certification
World Accreditation Day Focuses on ‘Improving Food Safety’
The Global Food Safety Initiative is delighted to support the World Accreditation Day again this year. Coordinated by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), #WAD2020 takes place on 9 June, just two days after the World Food Safety Day. This world day is an exceptional vehicle to raise awareness around the key role accreditation plays in ensuring […]
Video
14 May 2020
Experts Series
The Circle of Trust for Food Safety: GFSI’s Newly-inducted Board Co-chairs Discuss
News Update
14 May 2020
GFSI
The Circle of Trust for Food Safety: GFSI’s Newly-inducted Board Co-chairs Explain
2020 is turning out to be a landmark year for GFSI. In addition to releasing Version 2020 of the Benchmarking Requirements and announcing the Race to the Top initiative, the organisation welcomed two new co-chairs to lead its Board of Directors: Craig Wilson of Costco Wholesale Corporation and Roy Kirby of Mondelēz International. The […]
News Update
07 May 2020
Public-private Partnership
Food Safety is Everyone’s Business | Observe World Food Safety Day with GFSI and Codex!
The relationship between GFSI and the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the body responsible for developing and implementing the joint WHO/FAO food standards programme, is close and long-standing. The GFSI Benchmarking Requirements are based in part on Codex standards, and Codex leaders frequently appear on the GFSI Conference speaker list. At the 2020 conference, one […]
News Update
30 Apr 2020
GFSI Conference
A “Revolution” for Food Safety: GFSI Director Erica Sheward on Version 2020 and the Race to the Top
Since taking the reins of GFSI in October 2019, Director Erica Sheward has helped to launch some of the most ambitious initiatives in the organisation’s recent history. Erica, who has over two decades of food safety experience in the public, private and academic sectors, is leading the charge on GFSI’s Race to the Top, […]
Video
30 Apr 2020
GFSI Conference
A “Revolution” for Food Safety: GFSI Director on Version 2020 and the Race to the Top