SGS launches new global food intelligence platform to help industry predict safety and regulatory risks
BAAR, SWITZERLAND / AGILITYPR.NEWS / March 18, 2026 / Two of the food industry’s most advanced intelligence platforms are joining forces. SGS has announced the combination of its regulatory intelligence platform SGS Digicomply with Agroknow, a leader in food safety analytics and AI-driven risk intelligence, creating SGS Nexus – a unified platform designed to help food companies anticipate regulatory change and manage safety risks across global supply chains.
The move reflects growing demand for integrated, real-time intelligence as food businesses navigate rapidly evolving regulations, increasingly complex supplier networks and expanding volumes of safety data. By bringing regulatory, risk and compliance intelligence together in one environment, SGS Nexus aims to help companies move from reactive compliance to predictive risk management.
The platform will bring together three complementary capabilities: SGS’s global quality and inspection expertise, Agroknow’s food risk analytics, and SGS Digicomply’s real-time regulatory intelligence.
The combined platform will enable food companies to monitor regulatory changes, identify emerging safety risks and generate audit-ready evidence across their supplier networks.
Complementary capabilities, immediate benefits
Unlike many technology integrations, this merger brings together complementary client bases and capabilities. Existing SGS Digicomply and Agroknow clients will continue using their current solutions while gaining access to expanded intelligence and analytics as the platform evolves.
“With SGS Nexus, we're not just merging technologies – we're establishing a new global standard for food intelligence,” said Géraldine Picaud, CEO of SGS. “This platform reflects our Strategy 27 ambition to build trust through digital ecosystems and reinforces our role as an independent partner helping clients navigate growing regulatory and safety complexity.”
“Our goal is to become the go-to intelligence layer for food companies worldwide,” said Nikos Manouselis, CEO of Agroknow. “By combining regulatory data, food safety incidents and machine learning in a single environment, we’re transforming how risk is assessed, managed and prevented.”
A unified platform for food safety and compliance
Over the next 12 months, SGS Nexus will roll out a unified platform combining the capabilities of SGS Digicomply and Agroknow while introducing powerful new tools to help food companies manage safety, compliance and supplier risk more proactively.
Key capabilities will include:
- Real-time global compliance intelligence – tracking food laws, standards, regulatory updates and safety alerts worldwide and mapping them to product portfolios and ingredients
- Predictive risk detection – using machine learning across recalls, import refusals, border rejections and monitoring programs to identify early warning signals before risks escalate
- Audit planning and readiness support – transforming external data into structured evidence and audit-ready reports, aligned with major standards such as GFSI, FSMA, and customer requirements
- Lab testing and specification optimization – helping teams prioritize lab testing budgets and ingredient approvals based on real-world risk profiles and historical incident patterns
- Supplier and material risk assessment – enabling benchmarking of suppliers using external risk scores and incident data, supporting annual audit planning and proactive sourcing decisions.
- AI-powered insights – allowing teams to ask complex regulatory or risk questions in plain language and receive relevant insights and recommendations instantly
In addition to the SaaS platform, the company will also offer Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) channels allowing organizations to integrate food safety and regulatory intelligence directly into PLM systems, ERP tools and custom risk models.
Supporting a more predictive approach to food safety
SGS Nexus marks a key milestone in SGS’s digital strategy, designed to help food businesses move from fragmented compliance management toward a more predictive, data-driven approach to safety and risk management.
Further details about SGS Nexus and its rollout will be announced in the coming months.
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About SGS
SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of over 100,000 dedicated professionals. With more than 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance and sustainability.
Our brand promise – when you need to be sure – underscores our commitment to trust, integrity and reliability, enabling businesses to thrive with confidence. We proudly deliver our expert services through the SGS name and a portfolio of trusted specialized brands, including Applied Technical Services, Brightsight, Bluesign and Nutrasource.
SGS is publicly traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the ticker symbol SGSN (ISIN CH1256740924, Reuters SGSN.S, Bloomberg SGSN SW).
About Agroknow
Agroknow is a data and analytics company specializing in food safety intelligence. Founded in 2008 and based in Athens, Greece, Agroknow uses artificial intelligence to predict food risks and help prevent product recalls. Its cloud-based platform (FOODAKAI) has empowered leading food manufacturers, retailers, and supply chain actors to transform vast global food data into actionable insights. Now as part of SGS’s digital innovation team, Agroknow’s expertise is central to developing the next generation of food trust solutions.
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