The organization continues to serve Canada’s growing demand for global food safety and quality services.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. and GUELPH, Ontario – NSF-GFTC, formerly known as the Guelph Food Technology Centre (GFTC), has changed its name to NSF. NSF, a global leader in food safety and quality, acquired GFTC, a Canadian food safety leader, in 2013, and at the time renamed it NSF-GFTC.
Renaming the organization NSF helps align all NSF services in Canada under the NSF umbrella, making it easier for clients to access additional services in food safety training, consulting, auditing and certification, as well as management systems (ISO) registrations.
Canada is a key market for NSF. The Canadian team provides services to 1,500 businesses, trains more than 7,000 food safety professionals globally and provides more than 110 training courses annually. To support this growth, NSF has built a new state-of-the-art facility within the Ontario Food Cluster, one of the largest food and beverage processing jurisdictions in North America. The facility’s grand opening will be held September 9, 2016 near the University of Guelph campus.
The new 20,000 sq. ft. building also houses NSF’s innovative eLearning capabilities as well as food packaging, labelling, and product and process development services.
“NSF was so pleased to have merged with NSF-GFTC and its members three years ago, and our role has been to continue to fortify the Canadian market by investing in our staff and infrastructure for our clients,” said Kevan Lawlor, President and CEO of NSF. “NSF’s Canadian clients also have access to a growing global organization dedicated to food safety and quality to protect human health.”
“Canada is a global leader in food safety and quality which is why NSF continues to support the important role Canada has worldwide,” said Tom Chestnut, Vice President, Global Food Division, NSF. “Renaming NSF-GFTC to NSF is important as our clients now have access to a wide variety of services that are available globally under the NSF umbrella.”
NSF also recently acquired a food safety organization in Montreal, Quebec that specializes in consulting and training. The organization, formerly called AgroExperts, is a subsidiary of Euro Consultants Group, which was acquired by NSF in August 2016. AgroExperts also will be renamed NSF, as a variety of NSF services are now available to its clients.
New facility address
125 Chancellors Way, Guelph, Ontario N1G 0E7 Canada
About NSF
NSF Global Food Division provides expertise and accredited services across all supply chain sectors, from agriculture, produce, processing, distribution and dairy, to seafood, retail and restaurants. Services include Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certification (SQF, BRC, GLOBALG.A.P., FSSC, IFS, BAP and CanadaGAP), plus expert auditing, consulting and technical services, HACCP validation and inspection, organic and Certified Transitional food certification through Quality Assurance International (QAI), and specialty food verification and certification (including Non-GMO Project and gluten-free). NSF is also the leading certifier of foodservice equipment, nonfood compounds and bottled water/beverages.
Additional NSF services include dietary supplement and nutritional ingredient certification; training, testing and consulting for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries; consumer product testing; drinking water certification and safety audits; and sustainability solutions. NSF also provides management systems registrations (e.g. ISO 9001, 22000, 14001) through NSF International Strategic Registrations (NSF-ISR).