2023 FMI Food Safety Innovation Award

The FMI Food Safety Innovation Award presented annually in conjunction with IFPTI to a company, organization or regulatory agency for demonstrating a commitment to the advancement of food protection through performance, practice, creation, sustainment or leadership.

The purpose of this annual award is to recognize companies, organizations or regulatory agencies that have made an innovative contribution or commitment to food safety and to encourage others in the industry, government, and academia to search for creative solutions and implement new practices in continuing to keep our food the safest it can be.

Nominees must be a retail, wholesale or food company engaged in food production, packing, manufacturing, distribution, retailing, or wholesaling or a regulatory agency of such retail, wholesale or food companies at the local, tribal, territorial, state or federal level. Nominees who submitted innovations in previous years but were not awarded remain eligible and may re-submit prior innovations. Previous recipients of the Food Safety Innovation Award may submit nominations for new innovations. FMI membership is not required for participation. Self-nomination is accepted.

Nominations may be submitted electronically to: hthesmar@FMI.org

Nomination deadline is December 2, 2022.

FMI and IFPTI will recognize the awardee through communication channels including social media, websites and press release. The awardee may advertise/ announce receipt of the award appropriately using their own channels as well.