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SQF365

SQF365 brings together food safety practitioners, suppliers, and retailers to enhance food safety and business operations while encouraging dialogue and discussion. Through virtual and in-person gatherings, SQFI and partners will host food safety digital seminars, roundtables, in-person regional focus days, and workshops.

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SQF365 Upcoming Events

SQF Focus Day seminars are held across global markets such as the United States, Canada, Latin America, New Zealand, and Japan. These free regional gatherings focus on timely topics, issues, and SQF Edition 9 implementations. 

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Vertical Trace Exercises: Connecting the Dots Across Your Food Safety System

October 26, 2026

A strong food safety system is more than a collection of individual programs. It depends on how well those programs work together. A vertical trace exercise provides a practical way to evaluate that connection by following a randomly selected product, lot, or production day through the complete record trail.

Join us for an SQF365 digital seminar presented by SCS Global Services exploring how a vertical trace exercise can provide a more complete view of your food safety system in action. Learn how random record selection can uncover gaps that traditional reviews may miss, demonstrate consistent execution across your operations, and help your facility prepare for evolving certification requirements.

3 Key Takeaways:

  • Follow the complete record trail: Instead of checking procedures separately, trace a single random lot or production day through every intersecting layer, such as receiving, sanitation, HACCP monitoring, labeling, and other programs.
  • Prevent cherry-picking of data: Randomly selecting the product and date removes subjectivity and forces the facility to demonstrate consistent, year-round operational execution instead of presenting handpicked "best-case" files.
  • Prepare for evolving standard requirements: Major certification schemes increasingly mandate vertical audit approaches during certification evaluations to test system alignment.

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Food Safety Culture: From Concept to Measurable Practice

November 4, 2026

Join CMX1 and Texas Star Nut & Food Company for an interactive webinar on bringing food safety culture from concept to a measurable and accountable daily practice.

Attendees will learn how Texas Star Nut & Food Company transitioned from paper-based processes to a digital compliance program spanning auditing, partner management, and product specifications. This session will highlight how FSQA teams can align internally, modernize practices, and employ technology to uphold food safety culture and meet FDA, USDA, and SQF requirements for trace and CCP.

Key Takeaways:

  • How the team at Texas Star Nut & Food Company established and maintains its food safety culture
  • How FSQA teams can justify the move from manual to digital, and how to work together on digital transformation initiatives
  • How technology can help ensure you meet critical FDA, USDA, and SQF requirements, and how to ensure your technology implementation is successful
  • Best practices for digital program management, measurement, and continuous improvement

SQF365 Digital Seminars

2026 SQF365 Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support of SQF365. 

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