Auditors
Charting The Course for Auditor Training and Professional Development: GFSI Responds to Stakeholder Feedback on the New Framework
An Upcoming Framework to Support Food Safety Auditor Career Advancement We are pleased to announce the culmination of GFSI’s Food Safety Auditor Training and Professional Development Framework (FSAPDF) stakeholder consultation process. This initiative marks a significant milestone in our collaborative effort to elevate the competency, consistency, and credibility of food safety auditors across the industry. […]
Certification
FAQs: Certificates Issued Against Programmes Undergoing Recognition
GFSI has received feedback from stakeholders expressing uncertainty about the recognition status of certificates issued against programmes during the period that such programmes were undergoing recognition. Certificates issued during this period are not yet GFSI recognised, and this lack of clarity has created challenges for sites in meeting supply chain assurance requirements. To address these […]
Certification
Important Update on Certificate Recognition Status
Background GFSI has received feedback from stakeholders expressing uncertainty about the recognition status of certificates issued following an audit undertaken against programmes during the period that such programmes were “undergoing recognition“. Certificates issued against audits undertaken during this period are not yet GFSI-recognised. This lack of clarity has created challenges for many certified sites in […]
GFSI
GFSI Launches Consultation on Professional Development Framework For Food Safety Auditors
Update 21 October 2024: Please note that this consultation is now closed. Join the RTTT Journey In 2020, GFSI launched its bold new vision for transformational change to the way in which GFSI operates and seeks to make an impact. The programme of reform of GFSI is called “The Race to the Top” (RTTT). […]
Food Safety Auditing
GFSI Webinar: A New Approach to Assuring Food Safety Auditor Training and Professional Development
Watch the GFSI webinar in collaboration with Auditors Hub. Read webinar Q&A here (or read the Q&A in Spanish here).
Consultation
GFSI Sets First-ever Benchmarking Requirements for Food Safety Auditor Training and Development to Boost Take-up of Critical Role
PARIS, 4th November 2021 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), a Coalition of Action of The Consumer Goods Forum, has today launched the first-ever set of Benchmarking Requirements for food safety auditor Professional Recognition Bodies. By raising the profile of the profession of auditing, and focusing entry requirements on competence, the aim is […]
Consultation
GFSI Publishes Response to Auditor Training & Professional Development Stakeholder Consultation
PARIS, 26th October 2021 – The Consumer Goods Forum through its Coalition of Action on Food Safety, Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), has today published its response to the feedback received as part of the recent stakeholder consultation run on the proposed new GFSI Benchmarking Requirements for Professional Bodies. This is a significant milestone in […]
Consultation
Introducing a New Pathway for Food Safety Auditors
Today, there is an increasing risk of a shortage of auditors, due to a combination of increase in auditing demand, and more auditors retiring than newcomers joining the profession. Many in the industry have been sounding the alarm for some time now about the growing challenges surrounding this profession – a profession which is at […]
GFSI Race To The Top Priorities
GFSI Webinar: The New Pathway for Food Safety Auditors: Introducing a New Model for Qualification
Check out the webinar and read the latest ATPD press release: GFSI Publishes Response to Auditor Training & Professional Development Stakeholder Consultation PARIS, 26TH October 2021 – The Consumer Goods Forum through its Coalition of Action on Food Safety, Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), has today published its response to the feedback received as part of […]
Consultation
GFSI Hosts Webinar on Securing the Future of Food Safety Auditors – a Review of Race to the Top Feature 1
GFSI recently held a webinar on securing the future of food safety auditors; a review of Race to the Top Feature 1. GFSI Senior Technical Manager Marie-Claude Quentin began the session by introducing the two panelists: Jon Poole, Chief Executive of IFST, and Andrew Clarke, Senior Director of QA at Loblaw Companies Ltd. Marie-Claude first […]
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