Preventive Pest Control: The Foundation of Food Safety
When the production lines are humming and the warehouse is quiet, it’s easy to assume your facility is secure. But in the world of food safety, silence is often a lie. The spaces you don’t see — the dark voids above suspended ceilings, the narrow cavities inside dry-lined walls, and the silent shadows beneath raised floors — […]
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The Capacity and Desire to Change Beyond Compliance
Quality and safety in today’s global food system cannot be treated as mere compliance exercises. They are strategic imperatives that define brand integrity, ensure consumer trust, and drive business resilience. While the desire within an organization to reach a state beyond checking required boxes may be felt, the obstacles faced by the food industry to […]
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How can we better contribute to supply chain robustness and resilience?
Building a robust and resilient food supply chain is no longer just a logistical challenge—it is a collective imperative. One of the most pressing questions for the industry today is: How can we better contribute to supply chain robustness and resilience? The upcoming panel discussion will explore how shifting our collective mindset from reactive management […]
GFSI
Key Decisions and a Sharpened Focus at the Washington Steering Committee Meeting
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Steering Committee recently met in Washington, D.C. The three-day discussions focused on GFSI’s core principles: ensuring transparency and delivering tangible solutions to long-standing challenges in food safety assurance. GFSI Prioritises Core Governance and Oversight The Steering Committee conducted a comprehensive review of GFSI’s strategic priorities, originally driven by […]
Food Safety Culture
Food Safety Talk Festival for Junior to Mid-Career Personnel
On 30 September, the GFSI Japan Local Group hosted an event for young to mid-career employees, aiming to foster greater pride and a sense of fulfilment in food safety work. Thirty food safety and quality assurance personnel from sixteen CGF member companies attended. The essential role of food safety employees During the first part, […]
Certification
GFSI China Day 2025: New Strategies Driving Supply Chain Security in A Dynamic Market
The GFSI China Day 2025, held during the broader CGF China Day in Beijing, reinforced the industry’s collective mission to advance food safety across one of the world’s most dynamic markets. The event served as a crucial platform for the industry leaders of the GFSI China Local Group to tackle complex challenges, exchange best practices, […]
Benchmarking
GFSI Unlocks Benchmarking for BMRs v2024 with New Governance Framework
Since the Dublin Conference in April 2025, GFSI has listened intently and has actively addressed stakeholder feedback. GFSI is now moving forward with an enhanced governance system. The BMRs v2024 Application Timeline The GFSI Steering Committee has granted a 6-month extension to the application deadline for currently recognised CPOs. Applicant Type Status Application Start Application […]
Benchmarking
GFSI Technical Advisory Note – TAN
GFSI has created the Technical Advisory Note (TAN) as a mechanism to provide timely clarification on the intent, interpretation, or expected application of the existing Benchmarking Requirements (BMR). TANs offer supplementary context to support consistent and transparent understanding among stakeholders between formal updates of the BMR. TANs are informative documents only and remain so unless […]
Governance
GFSI Steering Committee Welcomes Two New Members
We are pleased to announce that Robert Prevendar, representing Yum! and Kristine Williams from The Coca-Cola Company have joined the GFSI Steering Committee. Composed of food safety executives from global retailers and manufacturers, the Committee oversees all GFSI activities: defining strategy, upholding governance principles, and ensuring accountability for Certification Programme Owners (CPOs) to protect system […]
Certification
Beyond Compliance: Key Takeaways from Our Dublin Root Cause Analysis Workshop
In the high-stakes world of global food safety, audit non-conformities are often met with reactive, symptomatic fixes. While compliance is achieved, lasting prevention remains elusive if the fundamental, underlying causes—the root causes—are not identified and addressed. The prevailing challenge for the audit ecosystem, including GFSI, Certification Programme Owners (CPOs), and Certification Bodies (CBs), is how […]
Governance
GFSI China Local Group General Meeting: Insights and Innovations for Food Safety Leaders
Shanghai, 2 July 2025 – GFSI’s China Local Group successfully held its general meeting in Shanghai, bringing together over 60 influential members for a dynamic exchange on the future of food safety. This pivotal gathering was an opportunity for industry leaders to dive into key local group initiatives and explore the latest trends shaping the […]
Learning from Incidents: A Knowledge Sharing Event in Tokyo
The GFSI Japan Local Group convened a crucial ‘Knowledge Sharing’ event in Tokyo on 21 May. Established in 2020, these Japanese-language seminars are designed to generate practical insights among CGF member companies and to facilitate the resolution of prevalent food safety challenges. The recent iteration focused specifically on ‘Learning from Incidents’. During the seminar, two […]
GFSI Conference
Dublin 2025 Highlights
For leaders across the food industry, particularly those at the helm of worldwide retailers and manufacturers, food safety is at the very heart and core of their business. The GFSI Conference is the premier event bringing global leaders and experts together to collaboratively safeguard consumer trust, brand reputation, and business viability. It’s a unique platform […]
Governance
Amy Parks Joins GFSI Steering Committee
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), an Industry Solution within The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), is delighted to announce that Dr. Amy Parks, Director of Global Food Safety and Quality Assurance Governance and Regulatory Compliance at Dole plc, has joined the GFSI Steering Committee. With expertise rooted in a rigorous scientific background, including a Ph.D. […]
Certification
Japan Gap Foundation Withdraws from GFSI Recognition
Japan GAP Foundation has decided to discontinue the ASIAGAP Scheme and to withdraw from the GFSI recognition process. Timeline ASIAGAP’s recognition by GFSI will therefore cease as of 27 June 2025. Impact on Currently Certified Sites: Any site holding a certificate issued following an audit undertaken against the following standards recognised before the withdrawal on […]
Science in Action Within GFSI’s Benchmarking and Harmonisation Working Group
On the occasion of World Food Safety Day 2025, dive into the essential decision-making process behind GFSI’s Benchmarking Requirements. Here, the Co-Chairs of the GFSI Benchmarking and Harmonisation Working Group, Leda Touliatou, Head of Quality and Food Safety at Nestlé Purina PetCare Europe and Andrew Clarke, Senior Director Quality Assurance at Loblaw Companies Limited, discuss […]
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