Editorial Guidelines for Article Contributions, Copyright Notice
All articles and blogs published by GFSR must meet the following criteria:
- The submission of all ideas must be approved by the Managing Editor; please do not submit completed articles before you receive approval
- Writers must agree to have articles translated into up to 60 languages using our proprietary software (although we do our best to ensure accuracy, GFSR makes no guarantee vis-à-vis translation accuracy)
- Article/blog ideas must be both topical and relevant to the our subject matter: food safety
- Articles must be less than 600 words long
- Blogs must be 300–400 words long
- Articles and blogs must be non-promotional; i.e., please do do not promote any product or service
- Articles and blogs must be written for a business-to-business (B2B) audience
- The addition of one or two quotations to every article or blog is recommended
- All articles will include the author’s byline; credit notes may include the author’s title, company name and URL
- Writers must supply a bio for each article (“About the Author”) that is no more than 75 words long
- We encourage writers to send photos and/or graphics to accompany their articles. Minimum size required is 72 dpi, 4 x 6 inches in size. RGB or grayscale preferred. There is no guarantee that the photos will be utilized with the article
- Authors must provide proof of ownership, or approval to use, all images and graphics, and adhere to applicable copyright laws
- Authors must adhere to scheduled deadlines; articles submitted after a deadline may be published at a later date
- All articles and blogs must be original, previously unpublished material
- Global Food Safety Resource Centre Inc. retains the World Wide Web copyright for all published articles and blogs (please read our copyright notice)
- Reprinting of articles/blogs is expressly prohibited, unless permission is granted by the Publisher
Global Food Safety Resource reserves the right to:
- Copy edit all articles and blogs; editing may include the addition of keywords for SEO purposes
- Determine the suitability and final placement of all articles and blogs
- Not guarantee that any article or blog will be published
- Not return any unsolicited articles, blogs or images
If you are interested in making an editorial submission to Global Food Safety Resource, please email Susan Crossman, Editor, at [email protected].