Gina Nicholson Kramer, RS/REHS, executive director for Savour Food Safety International, Worthington, Ohio, joined her husband, Bob Kramer, RS/REHS, and five other partners (Vince Fasone, Barb Hunt, Joe Kramer, Miguel Manzano and Gerry Nunn) to purchase Sherwin Food Safety, Baltimore, Md., and re-named it Savor Safe Food.

GLOBALG.A.P., Palo Alto, Calif., adopted greenfence’s platform technology to directly connect GLOBALG.A.P.'s global standards and certification services at all levels of supply and demand value chains.

NSF International, Ann Arbor, Mich., opened an office in Ecuador to provide services to the food processor, agriculture and aquaculture industry.

Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Arlington, Va., announced a 5-year partnership with Prometric, a Baltimore, Md.-based provider of test development and delivery solutions, to bring the Certified Food Protection Manager (CPFM) exam under the FMI SafeMark program.

The National Restaurant Association (NRA), Washington, D.C., marked a major achievement in the advancement of food safety training nationwide by acquiring the National Registry of Food Safety Professionals.

Introduced in 2005 by the International Organization for Standardization as an industry-specific offshoot of ISO 9001, ISO 22000 has quickly emerged as the most important global food and beverage quality standard. But, how far should ISO 22000 certification spread within the cold food and beverage industry?

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp), Burlington, N.C., acquired Safe Foods International Holdings, LLC (SFIH), Washington, D.C., and its two operating companies, International Food Network (IFN) and The National Food Laboratory (The NFL).

Responding to industry and consumer demand for non-GMO certification options, NSF International launched NSF Non-GMO True North, a suite of GMO transparency services for retailers, manufacturers, suppliers and producers.

FoodChain ID, a Fairfield, Iowa-based division of The Global ID group, released its proprietary supply chain compliance software, SupplyTrak, a cloud-based application with secure 24/7 global access designed to support organic, kosher, gluten-free and GFSI certifications.

The Global ID Group formed the Food Quality Alliance, a consortium of proven leaders in food safety and quality working together to provide a single source of over 40 essential testing, training and certification services.