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Choosing a GFSI
Recognized Standard
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What is GFSI?
The Global Food Safety
Initiative (GFSI) is a division
of the Consumer Goods
Forum and a collaboration
of retailers, manufacturers
and food service companies
that has been working on
harmonization of food
safety standards.
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The food safety schemes
currently recognized are:
FSSC 22000
SQF
Dutch HACCP
International Food Standard
Global Red Meat Standard
Global Aquaculture Alliance BAP
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GFSI Certification
GFSI benchmarks the various
food safety standards against a
basic set of criteria.
Standards meeting the criteria are
recognized.
Many large retailers and
manufacturers are requesting
GFSI recognized certification from
their suppliers.
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Food Safety System Certification
(FSSC 22000)
FSSC 22000 is one of the
benchmarked standards
rising in popularity.
FSSC 22000 applies to
food manufacturers.
FSSC 22000 uses the
requirements in ISO 22000
and the ISO/TS 22002-1.
(formerly available as the
PAS 220)
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ISO 22000 and the PAS 220
ISO 22000 contains the
requirements for the Food
Safety Management
System
ISO/TS 22002-1 contains
specific requirements for
Prerequisite Programs for
food manufacturers.
Note: The requirements of the PAS 220 are now
documented as the ISO Technical Specification
ISO/TS 22002-1:2009. PAS 220 has been
withdrawn.
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SQF Edition 7
SQF contains the
requirements for the Food
Safety Management
System and Food Safety
Fundamentals.
SQF has recently released
Edition 7, and will start
auditing to that standard in
July 2012.

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SQF Edition 7
Module 4: GAP for Compound Feed Production
Module 5: GAP for Farming of Animal Products
Module 6: GAP for Farming of Fish
Module 7: GAP for Farming of Plant Products
Module 8: GAP for Farming of Grains and pulses
Module 9: GMP for Pre-processing of Animal Products
Module 10: GMP for Pre-processing of Plant Products
Module 11: GMP for Processing of Food Products
Module 12: GMP for Transport and Distribution of Food
Products
Module 13: GMP for Production of Food Packaging
Module 14: GMP for Brokers or Agents
Module 15: GMP for Food Catering, Wholesale and Retail
Management System
Requirements are found in
Module 2 of the SQF Code,
and apply to all
organizations
Food Safety Fundamentals
(Prerequisite Programs and
GMPs) are found in
Modules 4 through 15,
depending on your
products.
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Choosing a Scheme
When choosing a certification
scheme keep in mind the scope of
the certification.
FSSC 22000 now has schemes for
processing, food packaging manufacturers
and animal feed producers.
SQF Can be applied to a variety of
industry segments.
ISO 22000 applies to all industries in the
food chain
Determine which your customer base
prefers. For GFSI recognition,
choose FSSC 22000.
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How does a company
achieve certification?
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Preparing for Certification
Once you have determined
certification is right for your
organization and picked the
certification scheme, you
will need to implement the
food safety management
system processes to meet
requirements of the
standard that you choose.
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These processes must address:
Food Safety Management
Food Safety Policy
Food Safety Manual
Management Responsibility
Management Commitment
Management Review
Resource Management
Documentation
Specifications
Procedures
Internal Audits
Corrective Action

Control of Non-conformity
Product Release
Purchasing
Supplier Performance Monitoring
Traceability
Complaint Handling
Serious Incident Management
Control of Measuring and Monitoring
Product Analysis
Prerequisite Programs (PRPs)
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Point (HACCP)


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Steps to Certification
A company will generally begin by
conducting a Gap Analysis.
This is an audit to compare your
current system to the requirements of
the standard.
The analysis will provide important
information on what you will need to
implement or change in your
organization to prepare for
certification.
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After the Gap Analysis..
The next step is to develop
processes or modify current
processes to address
requirements that are not
currently in compliance with
the standard.
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Assigning Responsibilities
A Team Structure will make
project management
organized and efficient.
Steering Team
Led by Project Manager
Food Safety Team
Led by Food Safety Team Leader
Procedure Teams
Led by Project Manager
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Design and Document Processes
The Steering Team, led by the
project manager, will coordinate the
other teams, assign responsibilities
and address management
requirements.
The Food Safety Team is assigned
specific responsibilities by the
standard, and will be responsible for
some of the procedure development.
Each procedure team will design and
document the new, compliant
process for the procedure they have
been assigned.
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Obtaining Certification
Once the procedures are
complete and implemented
you will have a registrar
come to your facility and
perform a certification audit.
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Getting Started
An effective project will begin with providing the training,
knowledge and resources needed to guide your project manager
and your teams through each step of the process. This includes:
Training
Guidance on requirements
Presentations
Checklists and Task lists
Templates: Procedures, Manual and Forms
Project Planning Tools
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