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GFSI Study: Food Safety and Sustainability Will Top Consumer Concerns

Within the next 10 years, food safety, environmental protection and business sustainability will merge and become a primary concern among consumers, according to a new study conducted by The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and Diversey Inc. The 37-question survey provided a framework for exper Read More...

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GFSI Successfully Benchmarks the GlobalG.A.P Aquaculture and Livestock Schemes

GFSI announces today that it has formally recognised the alignment of the food safety elements of the GlobalG.A.P Aquaculture and Livestock scopes with the GFSI Guidance Document Version 5. The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), managed by The Consumer Goods Forum, announced today that the food Read More...

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GFSI Approves Three New Food Safety Schemes

The board of directors of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) gave full recognition to three new food safety schemes –– FSSC 2200, PrimusGFS and Synergy 22000 –– and maintained the recognition of SQF 1000 Code 5th Edition. Following an extensive benchmarking process, GF Read More...

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Study: Retailers to Make GFSI Standards Mandatory for Store Brand Suppliers

While store brand food safety and certification takes center stage for a majority of food retailers, how and by what deadline these programs will be executed varies widely among operators, according to the “Food Safety Retailer Benchmarking Study” conducted by Store Brands Decisions this Read More...

Author: Maureen Azzato
Tags: store brands decisions, private label research, store brands research, john failla, business, global food safety initiative, brc, sqf, ifs, gfsi, food safety retailer benchmarking study, haccp, industry, markets, companies, food and beverage,

Creating a Point of Difference With Store Brands

Despite the soft economy, there is a great deal of store brand development occurring in the marketplace, “and the time is now to find ways to make private label growth sustainable through innovation,” said Scott Lucas, executive director of Interbrand, the keynote speaker during Monday&r Read More...

Author: Maureen Azzato
Tags: private label manufacturers association, wegmans, plma, store brand packaging, private label trends, store brand trends, business, interbrand, private label food safety, store brand food safety, global food safety initiative, private label packagign, innnovation, gfsi, industry, markets, companies, food and beverage,

Food Safety: A Store Brand Equity Investment

When it comes to breaches in food safety, the past 18 months have been this country’s worst on record. It started in the summer of 2008 with the Food & Drug Administration’s botched recall and destruction of $40 million of Florida tomatoes believed tainted with Salmonella Saintpaul. Read More...

Author: Maureen Azzato
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