Food Safety Net Services Merges with Certified Group
Warburg Pincus has announced an investment in Food Safety Net Services (FSNS), a provider of laboratory testing services for customers in the food and beverage end-markets. The company serves a broad range of product categories within the broader food and beverage sector. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
As part of the investment, FSNS will merge with Certified Group, a North American platform provider of testing and regulatory consulting services. Certified Group provides mission critical and time sensitive testing and regulatory consulting services to the food and beverage market and other regulated end markets. Warburg Pincus and Tilia Holdings, a Chicago-based private investment firm focused exclusively on the food and nutrition supply chain, first invested in Certified Group in 2018. The merger is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021.