SQF - Safety Quality Food programs for bakeries

Bakeries manufacturers or facility owners and Other related food factories are implementing Safety quality Program certification in their production units . The Program was launched in 1994 in Australia and since 2004 has been administered by the SQF Institute (SQFI), a division of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI). SQF certifications have been issued to thousands of companies operating in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and North and South America.The SQF Institute was established by FMI in 2004 to administer the SQF Program and is located in Arlington, Virginia.It has 1500 member companies .

What is SQF ? Benefits
The SQF (Safe Quality Food) Program is 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 international and domestic food safety regulations. 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. The SQF Program is the onlyGlobal Food Safety Initiative ( GFSI )recognized standard that can offer a seamless farm to fork food safety and quality certification solution by providing supply chain management for both primary production (SQF 1000) and food manufacturing and distribution (SQF 2000).


How SQF is unique from other Food safety programs

• Limited Certification and Accrediting bodies which are trained and supervised directly by SQFI ,hence better results and control. Currently on 13 licenses has been issued world wide .

• SQF auitors goes through a complete training under SQFI hence maintaining audit consistency .