Almost every refrigerated or frozen food product must be stored, transported, and sold with suitable packaging. For manufacturers and retailers, that packaging must enable damage-free transport, ensure stability, be easy to stack, and be lightweight to keep transportation costs low.
The Certified Cold Carrier program rewards excellence in refrigerated transportation.
March 5, 2020
As part of a commitment to food safety, KeHE is proud to announce it has earned the Cold Carrier Certification, the first certification of its kind focused on excellence in refrigerated transportation. The Cold Carrier Certification program was initially piloted by several companies, including KeHE.
SPINS will now be able to add FoodFacts' data dictionary, algorithms for coding complex intolerances and robust product health scoring, as well as its consumer profiles, recommendation engines and patents into its portfolio.
April 16, 2018
SPINS, a Chicago-based provider of retail consumer insights, analytics and consulting for the natural, organic and specialty products industries, acquired FoodFacts Inc., an Edison, N.J.-based consumer awareness platform for transparency into nutrition data, ingredients, allergens and sensitivities.
This investment extends BRC GS' food safety supply chain assurance standards business into a new vertical.
April 16, 2018
BRC Global Standards (BRC GS), London, announced plans to acquire Allergen Control Group, Inc. (ACG), the London-based owner and operator of the Gluten-Free Certification Program (GFCP).
The agreement confirms that GFSI and its benchmarked Certification Program Owners (CPOs) will make effective use of the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA).
April 6, 2018
The International Accreditation Forum (IAF), Paris, and the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), a Silver Spring, Md.-based pillar of The Consumer Goods Forum, announced a new partnership as part of an ongoing strategy to strengthen collaboration for consumers worldwide.
Bioagricert provides organic certification services according to Italian national and international standards, as well as product quality certification services and other certifications.
December 5, 2017
The Global ID Group, a Fairfield, Iowa-based division of Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC, acquired Bioagricert, a leading certification and control body company based in Bologna, Italy.