I'm afraid there will be no chance actually to get together and define one standard instead of two.
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Hi Peter, welcome to the forums. You're right of course. I'm afraid the outlook for European exporters is more duplication of time, energy and cost fulfilling requirements of localised standards that contain essentially globally agreed requirements.
You will find out, that during the last moth more and more producers started to become certified by IFS, because of the requests from their customers. Now it starts to become a must also in Switzerland, Austria and some countries of Eastern Europe. BTW, from the view of a German producer it is also absolutely unbelievably, that (if they are still IFS certified) they must also become BRC certified...
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So IFS is better than BRC eh? You want to take this outside?
I'm only joking I don't like the BRC that much.
It's clear from your web site that you have a vested interest in the IFS Standard and you are bound to promote its positive aspects.
How about users of BRC and IFS which do you think is best (if any) and why?
I feel a poll coming on...
Regards,
Simon