SGS

In light of the increased consumer interest in food safety and quality, there is now a need for a robust testing, inspection, and certifications (TIC) solutions that evaluates management systems, obtain certificates to certain food safety and quality standards, assess the condition of premises and products, confirm legal compliance, and many others. SGS is one of the leading TIC companies in that regard, with 140 years of rich experience to offers F&B companies in-depth expertise in addressing food industry challenges.

Under the able leadership of the CEO, Frankie Ng, SGS offers a comprehensive range of food safety, quality, and sustainability solutions to F&B along with other industrial sectors including energy, finance, industrial manufacturing, life sciences, logistics, mining, oil and gas, public sector and transportation. SGS helps these companies grow consumer confidence, mitigate risk, and improve efficiency at every stage of the value chain. From training and inspection, audit and certification, testing, technical and advisory services to retail store checks and mystery shopping, the company's team of industry experts help clients to guarantee that their operations and products meet the highest global standard.

Among the cohort of solutions offered, SGS Digicomply is a powerful content management platform that enables companies to sort and classify huge volumes of global compliance data into a single, coherent, and reliable source specific to their needs. It also supports features to like, share, comment, and track the global repository of food regulations.

Similarly, SGS’s Transparency-One enables F&B companies to discover, analyse, and monitor every components of their entire supply chain. It uses real-time supply chain data to reduce risk, identify component origins, and ensure compliance. Besides, it also offers supply chain mapping, visibility, product compliance, and safety—from the source to the store. This, in turn, allows SGS clients to minimise risk from fraud, unsafe facilities and unknown sources.

Going the extra mile, SGS has developed All Species ID. It is a single test to identify all species within a food sample. It analyses almost all microorganisms in meat, fish, and seafood. By leveraging DNA-based testing methods, the company provides powerful tools for food analysis, food authenticity testing, identifying ingredients, pathogens, allergens, and potential adulteration, even in highly processed food products. SGS even offers mandatory and tailor-made testing, inspection and auditing programs, meeting the requirements of governments and private protocols. To make this possible, the company provides in-depth expertise and local experts in addressing food industry challenges to protect the brand, build customer trust, and open the door towards a more profitable business.

Driven by these competencies, SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity with 96,000 employees operating a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.

The distinguishing factor of SGS’s innovative TIC solution from other contemporary solution providers is the company’s dynamic group of individuals with many years of experience in their respective fields. SGS understands the typical challenges clients face with their quality management, and as such, SGS tries to resolve these hurdles proactively for its clients.

Moving ahead, SGS has always been adhering to the principle of 'quality and safety life,' and continuously looking at new solutions to expand its digital ecosystem, and investing its solutions to bring more flexibility and efficiency in food security operations. "We will continue to evolve into a more sustainable, digital and data-driven company to support our commitment to enable a better, safer and healthy world for all our stakeholders," concludes Ng.