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Press Release
29 Mar 2023
Benchmarking
CHINA HACCP Achieves Technical Equivalence
Paris and Beijing, 29 March 2023 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), The Consumer Goods Forum’s Coalition of Action on food safety, and Department of Certification, State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) / Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CNCA), are pleased to announce that CHINA HACCP – Implementation rules […]
News Update
26 Oct 2022
Consultation
GFSI Opens Stakeholder Consultation for China HACCP Certification System
Update 26 November 2022: Please note that this consultation is now closed. The Certification and Accreditation Administration of China (CNCA) is the scheme owner for the CHINA HACCP Certification System. The content of the standard requirements: Implementation rules for HACCP System Certification (v2021) is currently undergoing a Technical Equivalence assessment against GFSI Benchmarking Requirements v2020. […]
Press Release
24 Oct 2022
Benchmarking
USDA AMS Harmonised GAP Plus+, V3.0 Achieves Technical Equivalence
Paris and Washington, DC, 24 October 2022 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), The Consumer Goods Forum’s Coalition of Action on food safety, and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), are pleased to announce that USDA Harmonised GAP Plus+, Version 3.0 standard (published 8 February 2021) has successfully achieved Technical […]
Press Release
29 Sep 2022
Benchmarking
Canadian Grain Commission Achieves Technical Equivalence
Paris and Winnipeg, 29 September 2022 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), The Consumer Goods Forum’s Coalition of Action on food safety, and Canadian Grain Commission are pleased to announce that Canadian Grain Commission Food Safety Identity Preserved Quality Management Standard (CGC FSIP-STAN 1.1.0, 23 September 2021) has achieved acknowledgement against GFSI Technical Equivalence […]
News Update
13 May 2022
Technical Equivalence
GFSI Stakeholders Deliver a Compelling Assessment of the Technical Equivalence Programme
In 2021, GFSI launched a strategic review of its Technical Equivalence process with an extensive stakeholder survey, as well as targeted interviews. This gathered responses from all key stakeholder groups of the Technical Equivalence process: Public Standard Owners currently acknowledged or attracted by the GFSI Technical Equivalence process, GFSI-recognised Certification Programme Owners, Certification Bodies, Food […]
News Update
17 Oct 2019
Benchmarking
Renewed GFSI-CNCA Collaboration & Other Highlights from the 2019 China Focus Day
On 16th October at the GFSI China Focus Day in Chengdu, two momentous events cemented the renewed collaboration between GFSI and CNCA, the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China. The two organisations, represented by Mr. Weijun Liu, CNCA and Mike Robach, Chair of the GFSI Board, signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding), renewing […]
Press Release
03 Nov 2015
Technical Equivalence
Leveraging the Global Food Safety Initiative to Meet China Food Safety Challenges
400 Food Safety Specialists Gather in Beijing as New Law Comes Into Effect 3 New Public-Private Partnerships Announced BEIJING, 3 November 2015 – Today over 400 top food safety executives from China and the rest of the world are gathered in Beijing for the 4th annual GFSI Focus Day China. One month after China’s […]