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Arlington, VA: The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), has joined with Muddy Boots Software and Agentrics to launch a website service in late 2008 that will allow Food retailers, wholesalers and restaurants to review detailed supplier safety auditing and certification records online.

SQF field auditors will use Muddy Boots’ Quickfire software to enter food safety audit results into a hand-held computer anywhere food is grown, processed or manufactured. They will transmit the data to a secure Agentrics online database, where food buyers can review auditing and certification records of suppliers in the SQF program.

SQF has issued more than 9,000 certificates to suppliers in over 20 countries, verifying that they comply with the most stringent U.S. and international food safety standards and company buyer specifications.

Agentrics will administer the data-gathering system and provide multilingual technical and online management support. This automated system will ensure the information is current and available in real time.

“This alliance will equip SQF with a robust collection of food safety information about companies around the world,” says Jill Hollingsworth, FMI group vice president of food safety programs. “It offers buyers a quick and reliable means to identify suppliers with a strong commitment to providing safe food—certified by independent audits.”

For more information, go to: www.sqfi.com.