Food Safety

Shaping the Future of Global Food Safety

For over three decades, the Safe Quality Food (SQF) program, developed by the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of FMI, has set the gold standard for food safety and quality across the global food supply chain. Recognized by retailers, ...

Let's Tackle the Real Causes of Food Inflation to Feed American Families

While it has been encouraging to see inflation cool in recent months, it’s been equally frustrating that the current political dialogue has lacked an in-depth, meaningful discussion of the economic subtleties and nuances that influence the real cost ...

Photo Friday: Innovating with USDA to Improve Nutrition Security

USDA MyPlate National Strategic Partners from across the country gathered for an in-person MyPlate Convening: Innovating to Advance Nutrition Security on July 18th at Amazon’s Arlington Headquarters. Programming included sessions on collaboration ...

An Increasing Focus on Chemical Contaminants

With the increased attention that chemical contaminants have gained, FMI recently formed a Chemical Contaminants Workgroup to allow member companies to collaborate and share scientific and technical ...

Prioritizing Food Safety in 2024: A Focus on Traceability, Produce Safety and Chemical Contaminants

Each year, FMI’s Food Protection Committee sets initiatives to help guide and prioritize their work. Not only do these priorities help to focus communication with member companies about pressing food safety issues, but they also support FMI’s ...

World Food Safety Day: A Reminder to Emphasize Food Safety All Year

World Food Safety Day is an appropriate time to reflect on our work in food safety and crisis preparedness and to recognize our members’ commitment to providing safe food for our collective ...

What Do EPA’s New PFAS Drinking Water Regulations Mean for the Food Industry?

The EPA recently published the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR), which are legally enforceable standards and treatment methods that apply to public water systems (PWS)...

Celebrating Excellence: PepsiCo Receives FMI’s 2024 Food Safety Innovation Award

We are proud to recognize PepsiCo as the recipient of this year’s award for their comprehensive approach to food safety. PepsiCo is the first product supplier company to receive the award and joins a prestigious list of past award ...

Traceability Is Important, But It Must Be Done Right

Food safety is the single most important issue the food industry prioritizes every day. FMI supports strong traceability systems, but it must be done in a way that is practical, achievable, and produces measurable results in enhancing food ...

Despite the Roadblocks – Industry Pushes Forward on Traceability

With less than two years to the compliance date, the industry continues to put food safety first as they seek to implement feasible solutions to meet the requirements of the ...

Food Allergens, Customer Trust and Labeling

Customers with food allergies rely on the food industry to provide accurate allergen information on product labels to identify foods containing ingredients to which they are ...

Unveiling the SQF Edition 10 Process: Navigating the Landscape of Innovation and Compliance

As more than 700 food safety professionals prepare to gather at SQF Unites, March 11 – 14, 2024 in New Orleans, we know that industry feedback plays a pivotal role in the development of a new SQF ...

Expanding Access to Food as Medicine Programs

The recent Food as Medicine Policy Summit held in Washington, DC, brought together 250 executives, stakeholders, and thought leaders from the food and beverage industry, government, academia, health care sector and nonprofit organizations to explore ...

The FMI Foundation's Food Safety Scholarship

These scholarships are based on academic ability, leader potential, motivation and a passion for the food industry's auditing ...

Understanding the What, How, Why and What’s Next for Food Traceability

Given the complexity of the Food Traceability Rule, FMI partnered with GS1 US to explore the requirements of the rule and share resources to assist in establishing policies and procedures for properly tracking items on the Food Traceability ...