Is your business meeting SQF Storage Standards?
Whether you work in a restaurant, grocery store, or the food industry in general, you must comply with food safety laws.
In doing such, the way your business stores, displays, and handles food needs to conform to SQF guidelines.
If you’re unsure of whether or not your business is meeting SQF standards and want to know how to be compliant, keep reading. In this post, we will discuss SQF, how to comply with SQF storage standards, and provide you with an example of a company doing it right.
Let’s dive in!
What is SQF?
SQF, or the Safe Quality Food Institute, is a trusted source for global food safety and quality certification.
An increased demand for food security and its assurances was the genesis of the SQF Institute. Simply put, their mission is to deliver consistent, globally recognized food safety and quality certification programs.
Therefore, customers can rest assure the food they are consuming is stored, displayed, and handled in a way that is safe and sanitary.
How can your business comply with SQF storage standards?
When it comes to storing or displaying food, you need to purchase shelving that is approved by the SQF.
Look for storage solutions companies who bare the SQF certification on their website. Or simply ask them about it.
The SQF compliance is in addition to NSF certification. NSF certification approves a product for food use. So, if you see shelving with the NSF stamp of approval, then you can also rest assure it meets SQF standards. However, keep in mind, these seals strictly mean they are safe food, they are not to be used to gauge product quality.
You can also review the full SQF standards here.
Company Spotlight
Trinity Packaging is a company that provides packaging and lamination to consumer goods such as produce, dairy, frozen food, and pet food, among other products.
Their warehouse is outfitted with SQF approved wire shelving and accessories. So you can rest assured anything Trinity uses is of the highest standards.
Conclusion
Omega Wire Shelving Solutions is perfect for the food service industry because of our cleanliness, including ventilation. High storage capacity and the ability to adjust to future storage needs is the reason companies trust us to provide SQF approved products. If your establishment needs to comply to obtain SQF compliance contact us and we will work with your operation to ensure all is well. We can even create custom storage items that will work specifically for your food operation.