GFSI food safety standards:
In May 2000, a group of international retailer CEOs identified the need to enhance food safety, ensure consumer protection and strengthen consumer confidence. They proposed a program which would set requirements for food safety schemes and improve cost efficiency throughout the food supply chain. Following their lead, CIES - The Food Business Forum developed its food safety programs to help food safety stakeholders work together towards:
- Decreasing food safety scares and risks,
- Providing better quality products for consumers and
- Enhancing transparency between all of the links in the food chain.
Under the umbrella of GFSI, 7 major retailers have come to a common acceptance of four GFSI benchmarked food safety schemes (BRC, IFS, Dutch HACCP and SQF). The benchmarking work, undertaken by the standard owners and other key stakeholders on the four food safety schemes, has now reached a point of convergence. Each scheme has aligned itself with common criteria defined by food safety experts from the food business, with the objective of making food manufacturing as safe as possible. As a result, this will also drive cost efficiency in the supply chain and reduce duplication of audits
SQF 1000 & 2000
The Safe Quality Food (SQF) Institute is a division established by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) to manage the SQF Program. An FMI Advisory Board provides overall policy advice, guidance and direction to the SQF Institute. The SQF Program is a leading, global food safety and quality certification program and management system designed to meet the needs of buyers and suppliers worldwide. Download DNV's SQF flyer.
IFS - International Food Standard
The aim of the International Food Standard (IFS) is to create a consistent evaluation process for all companies supplying retailer branded food products with uniform formulations, uniform audits, and mutual acceptance of audits, which will create a high level of transparency throughout the supply chain.
IFS is a common internationally accepted audit standard by the food business in order to continuously improve food safety for consumers. IFS also offers the IFS Logistics Standard to close the gap between food producers and retailers, and to allow the whole supply chain to be monitored. 126 retailers worldwide are working with IFS with over 15,000 certification audits have been performed to date. Download DNV's IFS flyer.
BRC - Global Standard for Food
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standards are a leading global safety and quality certification program used throughout the world by over 12,000 certificated suppliers in 90 countries through a network of over 80 accredited and BRC recognized Certification Bodies. The BRC Global Standards are widely used by suppliers of global retail industries in order to facilitate the standardization of quality, safety, operational criteria and the manufacturers' fulfillment of legal obligations, as well as the protection of the consumer. Download DNV's BRC flyer.
Dutch HACCP
SCV (Foundation for the Certification of Food Safety Systems) was founded in 2004 by the National Board of Experts and its associated Certification Bodies. SCV acts as the legal owner of the Requirements for a HACCP based Food Safety System©, also known as Dutch HACCP. Download DNV's HACCP flyer.
New Zealand GAP
New Zealand GAP is a quality assurance program that provides a traceable, accountable system from crop to customer for the production of fruit, vegetables, olives and flowers.
GFSI Standards
