The Consumer Good Forum’s Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) has launched a consultation on a new Food Safety Auditor Professional Development Framework.
Providing food manufacturers with a standardized methodology for determining whether precautionary allergen labeling is appropriate for their products, the Allergen Bureau has introduced the latest version of its risk assessment tool, Voluntary Incidental Trace Allergen Labeling (VITAL®) 4.0.
The Think Tank on the Future of Food Safety Auditing was formed in response to an urgent need for innovation in food safety auditing. Based on the insights and recommendations from the Think Tank, industry must embrace transformative change in food safety auditing practices, as discussed in a recently released whitepaper.
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) has established a new Benchmarking and Harmonization Working Group to develop and maintain GFSI Benchmarking Requirements (BMR), with the aim of to delivering a new set of BMR by the end of 2024.
In the second of this two-part episode of Food Safety Matters, we interviewed professionals from the industry, regulatory, and nonprofit sectors, live from the show floor of the Food Safety Summit, which took place on May 6–9 in Rosemont, Illinois. We discussed women in food safety, allergen control, the future of auditing, and more.
The Global Retailer and Manufacturer Alliance (GRMA) Inc. Certification Program Version 1.2 has received recognition against the Forum’s Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Benchmarking Requirements.
As part of its Benchmarking process, the Consumer Goods Forum’s Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) has opened a new stakeholder consultation for the FSSC 22000 Version 6 standard.