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Under the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Code, every SQF-certified company must appoint an SQF Practitioner. Your company designated you their SQF Practitioner. But what does an SQF Practitioner do, and what are the requirements for becoming an SQF Practitioner?
The SQF Practitioner is responsible for monitoring the development and maintenance of their facility’s SQF Program. The SQF Program is a GFSI-recognized scheme of food safety and quality codes that help businesses set up, evaluate, and maintain a robust food safety management system. Successfully doing so – thus passing an audit – results in the title of “SQF-Certified” site and works to protect brand, buyer, and bottom line.
The SQF Practitioner must meet certain requirements. These include:
The SQF Code is a HACCP-based food safety and quality management system that makes use of HACCP principles. In order to facilitate a deeper understanding of the code, SQF requires all SQF Practitioners to complete a HACCP-based training course. As SQF’s exclusive online training vendor, Alchemy offers courses designed to:
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Simply put, GMPs stands for Good Manufacturing Practices. GAPs stands for Good Agricultural Practices. These systems ensure your products are produced with minimal risk – keeping your employees and consumers safe. The SQF practitioner oversees the development, implementation, documentation, and review of GMPs and GAPs in their facility. This may include sanitation, cleanliness, equipment verification, process validation, and record keeping.
To meet SQF Edition 9 requirements, SQF certified sites will have to now designate a Substitute Practitioner in addition to the Primary Practitioner. Serving in this role is a great way to begin learning the requirements for a Practitioner and growing in this position.
Zosi and SQFI have teamed to offer a robust set of resources that dig deep on the particulars of SQF Edition 9. Coupled with HACCP-based training courses, our SQF offerings get SQF practitioners up to speed on key changes to the code.
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