Best SQF Software

There are many benefits that come with being SQF certified such as improved food safety culture, increased product integrity, and enhanced food safety programs. SQF helps to meet buyer and regulatory requirements. SQF certification is recognized internationally and is also a GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) benchmarked standard.  Your food packaging, processing, or food retail business can build confidence and trust with customers, who will feel secure knowing that you have a rigorous food safety and/or quality management system in place.

Yes, SQF certification is considered one of the best food safety certifications you can achieve. SQF is also considered a tougher audit to pass than GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices). FoodReady’s expert Food Safety Team can help you navigate this challenging certification process by performing a gap assessment, documentation development, program implementation assistance, and internal or pre- audits of your process and facility.

Many times yes, SQF certification can be a requirement for many food retailers and buyers. A SQF certification will make your food product eligible to get into retail stores such as Walmart, Whole Foods, Kroger, Publix, Safeway, and Meier. 

Yes, SQF certification protects your brand’s integrity by making sure your product is safe for the consumer and that you as a manufacturer are continually upgrading and maintaining the quality of your products.

To get SQF certified, a third-party SQF auditor must be brought into your facility to examine your manufacturing process and ensure the facility is meeting the stringent requirements of the SQF Institute and the United States Government. Each category of food manufacturing, processing, packaging, storage, and distribution must meet the standards on the SQF audit checklists. Here’s our detailed guide on How to Prepare for an SQF Audit?

SQF is a difficult and sometimes expensive certification to achieve, so it is important to find food safety software that does as much for you digitally as possible, and is affordable for your food manufacturing business.

You need a system that can help you create HACCP plans and keep their associated logs and SOPs, handle batch and lot management, inventory management, food traceability and recalls, and document management.

Well it all depends on the QA staff you have in place, their past experience with SQF audits and the training they have in place. If you have limited quality assurance staff that is not trained in SQF, in order to pass your SQF audit you may need both. If you have a well trained team of quality assurance staff you may just need SQF software.

Certification Bodies or “CB’s” administer these audits under the guidance of SQF through trained auditors. The audit includes an assessment of how your facility implements the requirements of the SQF Code, as well as how it complies with related regulations and standards.