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News Update
08 Oct 2018
GFSI Recognises FSSC 22000 Against Benchmarking Requirements Version 7.1
PARIS, 8th October 2018 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Board of Directors is glad to announce that FSSC 22000’s certification programme version 4.1 has achieved recognition against GFSI Benchmarking Requirements Version 7.1. GFSI and Foundation FSSC 22000 thoroughly reviewed the certification programme during the collaborative and transparent benchmarking process. This recognition marks another milestone in the […]
News Update
06 Aug 2018
New Benchmarking Public Consultation Open: FSSC 22000
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is opening a new stakeholder consultation. The latest programme owner to have reached this key step in the GFSI benchmarking process is Food Safety System Certification 22000 (FSSC 22000). FSSC 22000 was launched in 2009 as a certification programme for food safety management systems for numerous scopes, founded on existing ISO-based […]
News Update
16 Jul 2019
Certification
Speaking the Same Language on Food Safety: How GFSI Recognition Helps FSSC 22000 Become Truly Global
FSSC 22000 is one of the fastest-growing members of the GFSI CPO family. Since the independent Foundation FSSC 22000 published the first version of their food safety system certification programme in 2009, over 20,000 sites have received certification under the programme’s seven scopes. For these sites, which span the world from Africa to the […]
News Update
17 Mar 2020
GFSI
FSSC 22000, V5 Achieves GFSI Recognition
It is with pleasure that the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) announces that FSSC 22000 Version 5 is now recognised against Version 7.2 of the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements. FSSC 22000 issued a new version of their standards in May of 2019 and expressed their will to maintain GFSI recognition. At GFSI, we are always […]
News Update
12 Mar 2021
Certification
New Benchmarking Consultation Open: FSSC 22000 Version 5.1
UPDATE: 9th April 2021: Please note that this Consultation is now closed. GFSI is opening a new stakeholder consultation, a vital step in the benchmarking of FSSC 22000 Version 5.1, against the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements Version 2020.1. As one of the already GFSI-recognised certification programmes, FSSC 22000 applied for the benchmarking of their Version 5.1 […]
News Update
20 Dec 2019
Consultation
New Public Consultation Open: FSSC 22000
GFSI is opening a new stakeholder consultation, a vital step in the benchmarking of FSSC 22000 Version 5, against Version 7.2 of the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements. Already one of the GFSI-recognised certification programmes, FSSC 22000 has applied for the GFSI benchmarking and recognition of their Version 5 standard. Why a Consultation? Open public […]
Blog
05 Feb 2019
Certification
Kewpie Corporation – Behind the Scenes of Acquiring 94 GFSI Recognised Certifications
In November 1919, Mr. Toichiro Nakashima founded Kewpie Corporation after discovering marmalade and mayonnaise during his stay as a trainee in the UK and USA. This led to the start of his mayonnaise production in 1925. Today, the business has grown and spread to six main categories, namely: condiments, egg, delicatessen, processed food, fine chemicals, and distribution […]
Video
17 Jul 2019
Benchmarking
Speaking the Same Language on Food Safety: How GFSI Recognition Helps FSSC 22000 Become Truly Global
Blog
03 Sep 2018
Global Markets
GFSI Global Markets Programme: An African Success Story
This blog post is the third of a series that will be published over the next few weeks. This series will allow you to get to know the 2018 GFSI Global Markets Awards winners from four countries across the globe (Nigeria, Mexico, Japan, and Pakistan) and how their use of the GFSI Global Markets Programme […]
News Update
02 Jul 2019
Certification
How GFSI Recognition Enhances Global Market Access with CanadaGAP
Canada is known for having one of the most robust food safety systems in the world, thanks to stringent requirements such as the Safe Food For Canadians Regulations and a pervasive food safety culture. In order to access the global market, though, Canadian producers must be able to demonstrate their safety to buyers and regulators beyond their […]
Blog
21 May 2019
Global Markets
A Food Safety Ambassador in Africa: Golden Sugar Company’s Journey to a GFSI Award
According to the World Health Organization, no continent has a higher incidence of foodborne disease than Africa, where foodborne hazards sicken 127 million people and kill 91,000 annually. Luckily, GFSI has a growing body of local ambassadors who are changing food safety culture from the ground up — the winners of the Global Markets […]
News Update
09 Jun 2020
Certification
How GFSI’s Partnership with IAF Benefits Stakeholders
On the heels of World Food Safety Day underlining that Food Safety is Everyone’s Business, today’s World Accreditation Day marks the role of Accreditation in Improving Food Safety. GFSI is delighted that the cross-industry International Accreditation Forum (IAF) has chosen to focus on food safety for the 2020 edition. This world day is an exceptional vehicle to raise awareness […]
Blog
06 Sep 2019
Global Markets
Golden Sugar’s Journey to Building a Sustainable Food Safety Culture with the GFSI Global Markets Programme
Global Markets Awards winners operate like international food safety ambassadors, propagating their knowledge and know-how throughout their companies, their countries and beyond. Today’s featured ambassador, Veronica Kalu-Ufe of Golden Sugar Company Ltd. in Nigeria, led her company to the 2019 award for the African Region by placing an emphasis on food safety culture at every […]
Blog
06 Dec 2018
Global Markets
How the GFSI Conference Impacted Nestlé’s Approach to Food Safety
When Nestlé first became fully engaged with GFSI in 2012, I was its freshly-appointed Global Head of Quality Management, eager to learn and gather insights into how other companies manage food safety. My first GFSI conference exposed me not only to the creativity and technological innovations I anticipated, but also to the inclusive, open-source spirit […]
News Update
29 Oct 2019
Certification
“Trust in the Process”: How GFSI Enhances Credibility Across the Food Chain
GFSI’s 11 benchmarked CPOs address every scope associated with food safety from farm to fork. Some focus on specific scopes, while others, like Safe Quality Food (SQF), cover the entire supply chain in one comprehensive programme. In North America alone, SQF has issued over 7,000 certificates to sites that range from primary production […]
Blog
27 Mar 2018
Benchmarking
Introducing the Latest Version of the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements
Exciting times are here again for the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements. Version 7.2 was released at our annual Global Food Safety Conference in Tokyo. I was thrilled to make this announcement and present on this topic in detail at the conference as part of the GFSI & You session on the opening day. Over the last […]
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