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[shookimogh]

Hi Folks, 

I've been working in a food manufacturing company for 3 years as a food safety specialist. I have conducted everything a manager would do, from audits, complaints, ...

Now, I got an offer from a packaging company that produces paper bags for food industry as a QA manager and they are on the way of getting certification for IFS/ PACsecure. Do you think it's a good move and is this standard GFSI certified at all? what are the main differences from FSSC22000 ( that I have implemented before) ? 

thank you in advance for your advises. 

SM

[SQFconsultant]

international Feature Standards (IFS) is very much one of the schemes under the GFSI umbrella.. The PACsecure (a part of iFS) code is for packaging.

[TimG]

Hello Shooki, I don't have an answer (GLenn already answered anyway) but wanted to say CONGRATS! It sounds like you're already doing the work without the title, so a move up is always good!

[jfrey123]

Ridiculous as it sounds, you'll probably get a good sense of the differences using an AI to compare and contrast making food under FSSC22000 vs making packaging under IFS PACsecure.  It is a GFSI recognized scheme, and my feeling about of the differences in food vs packaging compliance make me yearn for a job doing food grade packaging instead of fresh cut fruits and veg...

[Tony-C]

Hi shookimogh,

 

I would think it is a good opportunity to broaden your experience providing it is primary food packaging.

 

As per previous posts, several IFS standards are benchmarked/recognised including Pacsecure GFSI Benchmarked IFS International Featured Standards

 

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The main differences will be hazards and PRPs, these 2 ISO 22002 2025 change summaries might help you appreciate a lot of the differences:

 

ISO 22002 2025 Change Summary - Food Manufacturing

 

New ISO 22002 Changes for Food Packaging Manufacturers

 

Kind regards,

 

Tony