Thomas Osborne Appointed Senior Technical Director of SQF Institute

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January 18, 2011

The Food Marketing Institute appointed Thomas Osborne as senior technical director of the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of FMI.

Osborne will be responsible for directing the technical aspects of SQF, including the food safety standards, guidelines, training materials and audit and certification protocols.

Osborne brings to SQF 18 years of industry food safety experience, most recently as director of quality assurance, food safety, regulatory affairs and laboratories at Wayne Farms LLC. He also served in various quality assurance and food safety roles for nine years at Tyson Foods Inc.

“Tom’s skill in developing and managing quality, food safety and regulatory compliance programs will greatly enhance the SQF Program,” said Bob Garfield, senior vice president of SQFI. “His high-caliber experience will support FMI’s strong commitment to the SQF program and its continuing growth.”

SQFI offers a leading, global food safety and quality certification program and management system, designed to meet the needs of buyers and suppliers worldwide. The program provides independent certification that a supplier’s food safety and quality management system complies with. This enables suppliers to assure their customers that food has been produced, processed, prepared and handled according to the highest possible standards, at all levels of the supply chain.

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