IFSQN Official Blog

Food Safety Essentials is a free monthly webinar where members can join a live question-and-answer session focused on practical food safety management. Each session begins with a short presentation on a topical food safety issue, followed by an open Q&A. When: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 2 PM UK | 10 AM EST (1-hour session) This month we wil...

Food Safety Essentials is a free monthly webinar where members can participate in an interactive question-and-answer session on food safety management. Each session includes a concise presentation on a specific food safety topic, followed by an open Q&A discussion. 
When: Wednesday, October 01, 2025 - 2 PM UK | 9 AM EST (1-hour session) 
T...

Through the FDA’s standardized curriculum for PCQI training, the Preventive Controls Qualified Individual becomes knowledgeable and skilled at developing, implementing, and overseeing the food safety plan as required under FSMA’s Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule (PCHF). In this role, the PCQI training supports and complements the BRCGS certificatio...

This interactive IFSQN 4-hour online training webinar will enable your food safety team to develop practical knowledge on how to implement all the steps to have a fully developed food defense and food fraud plan. The course is suitable for food safety team members involved with food defense and food fraud prevention in your business. 
All attendees r...

The IFSQN are pleased to announce the launch of the latest SQF (& FSMA) Implementation Package for Food Manufacturers  
This IFSQN SQF & FSMA Food Safety Management System Implementation Package 2023 is an ideal package for organizations looking to meet the requirements of the SQF Food Safety Code: Food Manufacturing Edition 9 and the SQF Add...

The Practical Food Safety Culture 4-hour online training webinar is suitable for those wishing to implement a new Food Safety Culture system in their company as well as for those looking to gain knowledge on how to improve existing systems. In the first part of the training participants will receive general information on employee awareness, company...

It is well known that food facilities shall do a food fraud mitigation assessment. Several standards have their own guidelines, started by BRCGS already in its version 7. This version emphasized that the vulnerability assessment is a specialized form of risk assessment. Today it is used by most of the facilities to assess and evaluate the food fraud mitig...

Taking place: Thursday, March 10, 11:00 AM EST
Presenter: Denise Webster, Consultant, SAI Global Assurance Are you responsible for the food safety and regulatory compliance of products being imported into the US, join us for an insightful hour of learning about the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). The final FSVP rule requires importers...

More than 3,000 food safety practitioners registered to join the International Food Safety & Quality Network this week for their annual online conference. The two-day event consisted of a series of Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions with a panel of leading industry experts. If you missed it here are the recordings from both days. 
Day 1: RECORDING...

Free Webinar: Expecting the Unexpected with your Pest Control  Taking place: August 04, 2021 - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM UK, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST.
Presenter: Frank Meek, BCE, Technical Services Manager, Orkin, LLC 2020 was a challenging year for many things including regulatory processes for food safety. With impacts on day-to-day operations from r...