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Implementing SQF

Posted by MQA, in Food Safety Programs 17 December 2010 · 8,281 views

Poll: SQF - Safe Quality Food (27 member(s) have cast votes)

Have you implemented SQF?

  1. Yes (23 votes [86%])

    Percentage of vote: 86%

  2. No (4 votes [15%])

    Percentage of vote: 15%

How long did it take to implement SQF?

  1. Less than four months (5 votes [19%])

    Percentage of vote: 19%

  2. Less than six months (5 votes [19%])

    Percentage of vote: 19%

  3. Less than twelve months (10 votes [38%])

    Percentage of vote: 38%

  4. More than twelve months (7 votes [26%])

    Percentage of vote: 26%

What was the most difficult element of SQF to implement?

  1. Business Continuity Planning (8 votes [30%])

    Percentage of vote: 30%

  2. Attaining Food Safety (5 votes [19%])

    Percentage of vote: 19%

  3. Verification (3 votes [12%])

    Percentage of vote: 12%

  4. Site Security (1 votes [4%])

    Percentage of vote: 4%

  5. Section 5 in general (1 votes [4%])

    Percentage of vote: 4%

  6. Allergen Control (3 votes [12%])

    Percentage of vote: 12%

  7. Canning Operations (1 votes [4%])

    Percentage of vote: 4%

  8. Cleaning & Sanitation (3 votes [12%])

    Percentage of vote: 12%

  9. Maintenance (2 votes [8%])

    Percentage of vote: 8%

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SQF is an international standard of food safety and quality management systems. Recognised by the Global Food Standard Initiate, the standard is an investment in benchmarking your business against the leaders of your industry.

SQF entails management commitment to not only conduct safety practices of your product or services but also to ensure quality and regulatory requirements are met. SQF can only work if the owners of the business or the core managers are committed to the program.

Some of the requirements and support programs of SQF include:

  • Quality Assurance Policy
  • Good Manufacturing Practices
  • Cleaning & Sanitation
  • Pest Control
  • Water Quality
  • Verification & Validation
  • Internal Auditing
  • Product Identification & Traceability
  • Product Recall & Withdrawal
  • Customer Complaint Management
  • Maintenance & Calibration
  • HACCP
SQF is an in-depth version of the ISO 9000 with safety and quality attributes added specifically for the food industry.


Head over to the SQF website www.sqfi.com for further information on how SQF works.


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