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Module 2 of the free Food Safety Academy 2026 webinar series: a practical roadmap for building a supplier program that satisfies SQF requirements while staying efficient and effective for your operation. This webinar has already aired; watch the full recording on this page.
Last updated October 8, 2026
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Join the Invite ListModule 2 aired April 15, 2026; watch its recording on this page. You'll complete registration for Module 6 on its webinar page.
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Register FreeRecorded live on April 15, 2026 and presented by Harmeet Kaur, Director of Training & Consulting Services at Kiwa ASI. Running time: 59 minutes. Free to watch, no registration needed.
Your facility is only as safe as your weakest supplier. In an era of complex global supply chains, managing supplier risk is critical to protecting your brand and maintaining compliance. This session gave attendees a practical roadmap for building a supplier program that satisfies SQF requirements while being efficient and effective for their operation.
Module 2 aired live on April 15, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM CT. Watch the 59-minute recording at the top of this page. The series continues with Module 6, SQF Edition 10 Final Audit Prep, on December 2, 2026. Register free.
Held April 15, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM CT.
Food Safety Academy 2026, a free series on SQF Edition 10, supplier management and compliance.
Every webinar in the series is free.
For teams that approve, audit and monitor suppliers under SQF.
Eight parts of a supplier program that holds up at audit time.
What SQF requires for supplier approval, monitoring and verification.
How to classify suppliers by risk level and determine appropriate controls.
A step-by-step procedure from initial screening to ongoing monitoring.
When GFSI certification is sufficient and when you need more.
What to look for, how to document and how to evaluate findings.
KPIs, scorecards and metrics that predict problems before they happen.
How to handle supplier issues and when to end a supplier relationship.
Building an audit-ready supplier file system.
The Approved Supplier Program is a mandatory element of the SQF Code (2.3.4 in the manufacturing codes). SQFI defines an approved supplier as one your site has assessed and approved, based on risk, as capable of meeting your food safety and quality requirements for the goods and services it supplies.
Materials, ingredients, packaging, products for resale and services all fall under the program, so each one meets its specification and is safe.
Document how you select, evaluate, approve and monitor suppliers, by supplier, supplier group or another categorization you define.
Depending on risk, supplier knowledge and history, approval can rest on a good supply history, sourcing from certified suppliers such as SQF-certified sites, or auditing the supplier yourself.
Monitor supplier performance against the specifications they're contracted to deliver, including any testing that shows conformance.
Materials from non-approved suppliers are accepted only in an emergency, and are inspected or analyzed before use (2.3.4.4).
Where corporate or a customer selects an input, your site must still show how it ensures that input is safe to receive, store and handle.
Records an SQF auditor may review include the approved supplier program, the approved supplier list, testing records, certificates of analysis, supplier audit reports and certificates, complaints, purchase records and your risk assessment process. Source: SQFI, Approved Supplier Program, Edition 9 Guidance Document.
The people who approve, audit, buy from or answer for your suppliers.
The people who choose suppliers and place the orders.
QA staff who keep supplier files, specifications and certificates.
The people who own the SQF system and its supplier requirements.
Staff who audit suppliers and manage their performance.
Managers responsible for ingredient or packaging procurement.
Six free, live online webinars on SQF Edition 10, supplier management and compliance. See all free webinars.
Design, implement and document a site-wide training program that meets the SQF Code.
Build a risk-based supplier approval and auditing program.
What changed from SQF Edition 9 to 10, and what to update before 2027.
Measure and improve food safety culture across your organization.
Technology options for FDA's Food Traceability Rule (FSMA 204).
What auditors will scrutinize in SQF Edition 10 audits, and a final readiness check.
Live online courses from Kiwa ASI for the people who manage suppliers.
The FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food V2.0 course, including the supply-chain program FDA requires when a supplier controls a hazard.
FSPCA V2.0 · 5 half-days · Live via Zoom · 8:30 AM–12:30 PM CT
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The FSPCA Foreign Supplier Verification Programs course for U.S. food importers, live online.
Live virtual · instructor-led
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SQFI's course for SQF Practitioners, covering the whole Code, including the Approved Supplier Program.
16 contact hours · 4 half-days · Live via Zoom · 8:30 AM–12:30 PM CT
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How to build a risk-based supplier program that satisfies SQF: supplier approval requirements, risk-based categorization, the approval process, when a certificate is enough and when you need an audit, conducting supplier audits, performance monitoring, managing non-conformances and building an audit-ready supplier file.
April 15, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM CT, live online. It was Module 2 of the free Food Safety Academy 2026 webinar series.
Yes. Watch the full 59-minute recording at the top of this page. It's free, and no registration is needed.
Harmeet Kaur, Director of Training & Consulting Services at Kiwa ASI.
Yes. Every webinar in the Food Safety Academy 2026 series is free to attend.
The Approved Supplier Program is a mandatory SQF element (2.3.4 in the manufacturing codes). You document how you select, evaluate, approve and monitor suppliers of materials, packaging and services, base approval on risk, monitor performance against specifications, and accept materials from non-approved suppliers only in an emergency, after inspection or analysis. See what SQF expects.
It can be. SQFI's guidance says supplier assessment should be risk-based and may be as simple as a good supply history or sourcing from certified suppliers, or may mean auditing the supplier yourself, depending on risk, supplier knowledge and past history.
Under FDA's Preventive Controls for Human Food rule, a facility needs a risk-based supply-chain program when its hazard analysis identifies a hazard that a supplier controls before the material is received. The program covers approving suppliers and verifying them, for example with onsite audits, sampling and testing, or review of supplier records. See 21 CFR Part 117, Subpart G.
Module 6, SQF Edition 10 Final Audit Prep: What Auditors Will Be Looking For in 2027, on December 2, 2026, 12:00–1:00 PM CT. Register on the Module 6 page.
Yes. Kiwa ASI offers supplier audits. Email US.Info@kiwa-asi.com or call 1 (800) 477-0778 to talk through what you need.
Register free for Module 6, SQF Edition 10 Final Audit Prep, on December 2, 2026, or ask about private training for your purchasing and QA teams.
Training is delivered by ASI Training and Consulting, LLC, separately from our accredited certification body, ASI Food Safety, LLC, to safeguard against conflicts of interest. For private training, email US.Info@kiwa-asi.com.