News Update28 May 2020Certification
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 […]
Video28 May 2020Experts Series
Accreditation Improving Food Safety #WAD2020 9th June
Video14 May 2020Experts Series
The Circle of Trust for Food Safety: GFSI’s Newly-inducted Board Co-chairs Discuss
News Update14 May 2020GFSI
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 […]
Blog13 May 2020GFSI
Making Informed Decisions Using Quality Product Data Shortly after the 2020 GFSI Conference ended, the world was transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the food supply chain faces unprecedented demand and very little certainty, its role has never been more crucial in getting people all over the world the goods they need. While it’s currently impossible to know the permanent effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, the food industry must remain focused on protecting our […]
News Update07 May 2020Public-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 […]
Video07 May 2020Public-private Partnership
Food Safety is Everyone’s Business | Observe World Food Safety Day with GFSI and Codex!
Blog06 May 2020GFSI
Delivering Trust This was my first experience at GFSI and, listening to the sessions and in my many interactions with colleagues from around the world, I was struck by how much of what we do is about trust – delivering trust through our food safety work, but just as importantly, being seen to deliver trust through transparency. […]
News Update05 May 2020Consultation
Stakeholder Consultation – Implementing GFSI’s Conceptual Framework for ‘The Race to the Top’ GFSI is inviting all interested stakeholders to comment specifically on four features of a plan ratified by the GFSI Board in February 2020 in Seattle, which will require fundamental changes to the way that GFSI works with its major stakeholders. The conceptual framework forms part of an ambitious programme of modernisation of GFSI […]
News Update30 Apr 2020GFSI 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, […]
Video30 Apr 2020GFSI Conference
A “Revolution” for Food Safety: GFSI Director on Version 2020 and the Race to the Top
Press Release30 Apr 2020GFSI
The GFSI Experts Series Returns with All-New Food Safety Interviews PARIS, 30th April 2020 – Today, the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) kicked off the second season of the GFSI Experts Series, a curated collection of interviews with food safety leaders from industry, academia, the public sector and beyond. Launched in 2019, the series shares the diverse knowledge of GFSI’s worldwide network of food safety […]
Blog29 Apr 2020GFSI
Leveling Up Your Logs My, how the world has changed in the short time since we were all together in Seattle! It is clear that food safety, even in a time of global crisis, cannot take a back seat. The topics we discussed at this meeting simply can’t be placed on the backburner. If anything, tools that give […]
News Update28 Apr 2020Consultation
Stakeholder Consultation – New GFSI Benchmarking Requirements on Information and Communications Technologies Delivering on our commitment first published on 16th March through the GFSI COVID-19 position, GFSI and our Stakeholder Advisory Forum are pleased to share with you a set of proposed amendments to the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements addressing the use of Information and Communication Technologies throughout the GFSI-recognised food safety auditing process. As part of […]