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[Bhanu Teja]

Hi People
We are a juice manufacturing small - medium industry who is looking to upgrade from HACCP to GFSI. I never worked with any of the GFSI standards before as this is my very first company working at
Any suggestions on what will be the better option for us to upgrade from HACCP TO GFSI STANDARD

[Tony-C]

Hi Bhanu Teja,

 

 

Welcome to the IFSQN forums

 

The FSSC 22000 Certification Scheme includes the requirements of ISO 22000 Food safety management systems — Requirements for any organization in the food chain which has more complicated HACCP requirements for determining Critical Control Points, Operational Prerequisite Programmes and Prerequisite Programmes. The other downside to this scheme is that as a food manufacturer you need to purchase several standards including:

ISO 22000:2018 Food safety management systems — Requirements for any organization in the food chain

ISO 22002-100:2025 Prerequisite programmes on food safety Part 100: Requirements for the food, feed and packaging supply chain, and

ISO 22002-1:2025 Prerequisite programmes on food safety Part 1: Food manufacturing

 

Unless you are familiar with that approach to hazard analysis/hazard assessment then SQF is simpler, based on CODEX HACCP Principles and one the most popular certification standards. The upside to SQF is that the SQF Food Safety Codes and Guidance are free, so it won’t cost you to take a look.

 

The SQF Food Safety Codes can be downloaded here.

 

The SQF Guidance Documents and Tips Sheets can be downloaded here.

 

Kind regards,

 

Tony

[GMO]

I agree with Tony on this, I'd use SQF or BRCGS. For new GFSI sites the requirements are clear, it's clear where you need to risk assess and where you'll get a non conformance if you don't comply. FSSC 22000 is much more "vague" in my opinion and I agree the multiple standards is annoying. You can also access SQF online for free so you can see what standards you're setting yourself up for.

FSSC though is probably better once you're more "used to" GFSI standards and are more confident and competent as an organisation.

[MDaleDDF]

As someone who is FSSC 22k, I'd use anything else.   IT SUCKS.   Lol.   I've thought about switching to sqf over the years, but it just seems more hassle at this point.

[Scampi]

As someone who is FSSC 22k, I'd use anything else.   IT SUCKS.   Lol.   I've thought about switching to sqf over the years, but it just seems more hassle at this point.

Will 2nd this vote

 

Was FSSC at a highly complex facility     most elements were a make work project with zero value added  audit took 5 whole days