hi All,
i'm a little confused with all the regulatory/standardization organization and their relationship.
as far as i understand the BRC and IFS are mainly for the UK market and they cover part of ISO22000 and 9001. they cover food safety and facilities.
GFSI is a global standard organization for all markets like UK, USA, EU and AU, they recognize BRC, IFS, SQF and other, is that mean that if i have GFSI i also have all the other like BRC, IFS, SQF? but if i have only BRC it doesn't mean i have GFSI??
if i have BRC will it be easy for me to get GFSI?
appreciate your help to understand the relationship with all those organization.
chen
Hi Chen
GFSI does not carry out
food safety management system certification.
GFSI 'benchmarks' food safety standards.
GFSI carries out 'benchmarking which is a “procedure by which a food safety-related scheme is compared to the GFSI Guidance Document”.
Upon completion of the benchmarking process, a food safety management scheme is ‘recognised’ by GFSI when all of its criteria are considered to be equivalent to the requirements set out in the GFSI Guidance Document.
Achieving equivalence against a common set of requirements means that GFSI recognized schemes have a common foundation for managing food safety which should provide consistent audit results.
In order to be recognised by GFSI, a scheme must successfully go through the GFSI benchmarking process.
Recognised schemes against which you can be certified are:
BRC Global Standard for Food Safety (Fifth Edition)
CanadaGAP (Canadian Horticultural Council On-Farm Food Safety Program)
FSSC 22000 Food Products (Incorporating ISO 22000)
Global Aquaculture Alliance Seafood Processing Standard
GLOBALG.A.P.
Global Red Meat Standard (GRMS)
IFS Food Version 5
PrimusGFS
Safe Quality Food
Regards,
Tony
Edited by Tony-C, 15 April 2012 - 12:48 PM.
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