Safe Quality Food
What is SQF?
One World. One Standard.
The Safe Quality Food (SQF) Program is a rigorous and credible food safety and quality program that is recognized by retailers, brand owners, and food service providers world-wide. Recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), the SQF family of food safety and quality codes are designed to meet industry, customer, and regulatory requirements for all sectors of the food supply chain – from the farm all the way to the retail stores.

Steps to Certification

Which Program is right for Me?
SQF Fundamentals Program
SQFI has created a solution for small and medium sized food suppliers who don’t have a robust food safety management program in place or want to take their existing program to the next level. Built as a step-wise approach, The SQF Fundamentals Program is designed to help you integrate robust food safety standards into your existing practices, while creating a pathway to achieve globally accepted GFSI certification.
SQF Fundamentals for Primary Production – Basic [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Fundamentals for Primary Production – Intermediate [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Fundamentals for Manufacturing – Basic [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Fundamentals for Manufacturing – Intermediate [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Food Safety Program
The SQF Food Safety family of codes is a globally accepted, GFSI-benchmarked food safety standards. The SQF Food Safety Codes provides sites with a HACCP based approach to ensure that their products meet almost all regulations. Businesses looking to satisfy their retailers’ and buyers’ GFSI certification requirements should learn more about the SQF Food Safety Program.
SQF Food Safety Code: Primary Plant Production [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Food Safety Code: Primary Animal Production [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Food Safety Code: Aquaculture [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Food Safety Code: Food Manufacturing [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Food Safety Code: Animal Product Manufacturing [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Food Safety Code: Dietary Supplement Manufacturing [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Food Safety Code: Pet Food Manufacturing [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Food Safety Code: Animal Feed Manufacturing [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Food Safety Code: Manufacture of Food Packaging [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Food Safety Code: Storage and Distribution [Download Now – Standard]
SQF Quality Program
SQFI has created a Quality Program for those sites who desire to go above and beyond food safety. The Quality Program is designed to monitor and control food quality related threats. This program is most suited for sites who have already implemented a successful, robust SQF Food Safety Plan. Additionally, the SQF Quality Program can be implemented in tandem with the SQF Food Safety Program.
SQF Quality Code [Download Now – Standard]
Benefits to SQF Certification
Minimize Risk & Protect Brand Reputation
Become a preferred Supplier with Top Retailers
Demonstrate Commitment to Continuous Improvement


Additional Resources
Guidance Documents [Click Here]
Edition 9 Summary of Changes [Click Here]
Training [Click Here]

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