GFSI Certification
What Top Management Needs to Know
GFSI What Top Management Needs to Know
•Learn about GFSI certification schemes
•Why they are of interest you
•What the schemes require
•Choices of GFSI recognized schemes
•Steps to certification
•How 22000-tools.com by Vinca, LLC can help
What is GFSI?
Global Food Safety Initiative is a global organization
GFSI was established in May 2000:
•To ensure confidence in the delivery of safer food to consumers, while
continuing to improve food safety throughout the supply chain.
•Managed by the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and includes some of the
world's leading food safety experts from retailers, manufacturers and food
service companies.
The GFSI Board Includes:
Cargill
Wegmans
Coca-Cola
Carrefour
Nestlé
Mondeléz
McDonalds
Tyson
Dole
Danone
Amazon
Purpose of GFSI
Goals:
•Identify the best food safety management practices across the food supply-
chain
•Encourage the auditing and certification of those practices at food facilities
worldwide
•Provide “Safe Food for Consumers Everywhere.”
Why GFSI?
•Throughout the food chain risk and liability from food safety incidents is
increasing
•This has resulted in a significant increase in food safety concerns by food
processing and retail companies
• Changes in food safety regulations driven by Food Safety Act are resulting in
more attention on suppliers
•Food processors, food packaging and label manufacturing companies are being
required to revise their safety program.
Why GFSI?
•The findings of a recent GFSI survey of food safety professionals at certified
facilities around the world reinforce the many benefits of GFSI:
• 72%of food safety professionals say GFSI has enhanced food safety practices
at their facilities;
•61% say GFSI has improved their ability to produce safe food
•90% say GFSI has helped to increase employee food safety knowledge, and
•68% say GFSI is helping to prepare them for forthcoming regulatory changes.
What is a GFSI Recognized Certification?
•There is no “GFSI Certification”
•Companies choose from GFSI recognized schemes.
How does it work?
GFSI
•Sets the requirements for food safety schemes.
•Food
•Packaging
•Packaging materials
•Storage and distribution
•Your customers are demanding a GFSI Recognized Certification
What do the Certification Schemes Require?
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)
What is Required of Top Management?
• Certification is an annual process requiring the commitment of senior
management to creating a corporate “culture” of food safety and
continuous improvement within food facilities.
• Facilities are required to develop a food safety plan tailored to their
operations and have the plan audited and verified at each step of the
production process by a trained, third-party auditor.
• These plans identify potential food safety risks, best management
practices, employee training requirements and potential capital
investments, among other items.
Ways for Top Management to Show Commitment
• Learn about the requirements of the Food Safety Certification scheme you
are going to implement.
• Dedicate resources to the project (personnel, training etc.)
• Have leadership position on the implementation steering team
What do the Certification Schemes Require?
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)
What do Prerequisite Programs Require?
•Workspace,
•Utilities,
•Waste,
•Pest control,
•Employee hygiene practices,
•Sanitizing,
•Cleaning programs
•Prevention of cross
contamination,
•Equipment design,
•Equipment cleaning and
maintenance, and
•Recall procedures.
THE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS
Prerequisite Programs (PRPs)
SQF
SQF MODULE 2 plus
the
SQF MODULE for your
industry
BRC
BRC/IoP
GLOBAL STANDARD
FSSC
FSSC REQUIREMENT
ISO 22000
ISO/TS 22002-2 (food)
Or ISO/TS 22002-4( Food Packaging)
HACCP
•In addition, all of the standards include the requirement to development
and implementation of a Hazardous Analysis and Critical Control Points
(HACCP) program.
•There are seven elements of the HACCP: hazard analysis, critical control
points, critical control limits, monitoring procedures, corrective action,
verification, and record keeping.
•Examples:
•Line clearance or copy check
•Foreign material contamination
•Chemicals in formulation
Steps to prepare for certification
Choose a scheme
Learn the
requirements
Assign team and
leader
Design Process
Implement and
Train
Research your industry
Check customers and competition
Take courses from certification bodies
Take online courses
Assign a HACCP Team Leader
SQF Practitioner or Food Safety Team Leader
Design a process for each management system element
Implement prerequisite programs and HACCP
Train employees
Implement the procedures
Certification Audits
The certification process:
•Choose an accredited certification body. They will conduct:
• Document Review
• On-site Audit
• Surveillance Audits
• 3 Year Cycle
How we can help:
Online Training Documents
•If this sounds overwhelming…don’t
worry! We have tools and training to
lead you through, step by step.
•We begin with training to explain the
requirements of the standard.
•We show you how to conduct a Gap
Analysis to use as the basis of your
Project Plan. Download ready-to-use
checklists.
•Templates are provided to document
your system and meet the requirements.
They are ready to customize and our
tutorials explain how.
•To-do checklists, meeting agendas,
project plan template, and
implementation plans keep you on the
right track.
Click for details & pricing
About us:
Cynthia Weber, Vinca LLC
•BS. Microbiology
•Over 25 years in the food industry
•FSSC 22000 Certification Auditor
•Food Processing
•Food Packaging Materials
•Approximately 100 Certification Audits in the Food Packaging Industry
•SQF Registered Consultant
•SQF Trainer
•Trainer for Food Safety Modernization Act
•EQIP Certified

Global Food Safety Institution for top management

  • 1.
    GFSI Certification What TopManagement Needs to Know
  • 2.
    GFSI What TopManagement Needs to Know •Learn about GFSI certification schemes •Why they are of interest you •What the schemes require •Choices of GFSI recognized schemes •Steps to certification •How 22000-tools.com by Vinca, LLC can help
  • 3.
    What is GFSI? GlobalFood Safety Initiative is a global organization GFSI was established in May 2000: •To ensure confidence in the delivery of safer food to consumers, while continuing to improve food safety throughout the supply chain. •Managed by the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and includes some of the world's leading food safety experts from retailers, manufacturers and food service companies.
  • 4.
    The GFSI BoardIncludes: Cargill Wegmans Coca-Cola Carrefour Nestlé Mondeléz McDonalds Tyson Dole Danone Amazon
  • 5.
    Purpose of GFSI Goals: •Identifythe best food safety management practices across the food supply- chain •Encourage the auditing and certification of those practices at food facilities worldwide •Provide “Safe Food for Consumers Everywhere.”
  • 6.
    Why GFSI? •Throughout thefood chain risk and liability from food safety incidents is increasing •This has resulted in a significant increase in food safety concerns by food processing and retail companies • Changes in food safety regulations driven by Food Safety Act are resulting in more attention on suppliers •Food processors, food packaging and label manufacturing companies are being required to revise their safety program.
  • 7.
    Why GFSI? •The findingsof a recent GFSI survey of food safety professionals at certified facilities around the world reinforce the many benefits of GFSI: • 72%of food safety professionals say GFSI has enhanced food safety practices at their facilities; •61% say GFSI has improved their ability to produce safe food •90% say GFSI has helped to increase employee food safety knowledge, and •68% say GFSI is helping to prepare them for forthcoming regulatory changes.
  • 8.
    What is aGFSI Recognized Certification? •There is no “GFSI Certification” •Companies choose from GFSI recognized schemes.
  • 9.
    How does itwork? GFSI •Sets the requirements for food safety schemes. •Food •Packaging •Packaging materials •Storage and distribution •Your customers are demanding a GFSI Recognized Certification
  • 10.
    What do theCertification Schemes Require? 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)
  • 11.
    What is Requiredof Top Management? • Certification is an annual process requiring the commitment of senior management to creating a corporate “culture” of food safety and continuous improvement within food facilities. • Facilities are required to develop a food safety plan tailored to their operations and have the plan audited and verified at each step of the production process by a trained, third-party auditor. • These plans identify potential food safety risks, best management practices, employee training requirements and potential capital investments, among other items.
  • 12.
    Ways for TopManagement to Show Commitment • Learn about the requirements of the Food Safety Certification scheme you are going to implement. • Dedicate resources to the project (personnel, training etc.) • Have leadership position on the implementation steering team
  • 13.
    What do theCertification Schemes Require? 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)
  • 14.
    What do PrerequisitePrograms Require? •Workspace, •Utilities, •Waste, •Pest control, •Employee hygiene practices, •Sanitizing, •Cleaning programs •Prevention of cross contamination, •Equipment design, •Equipment cleaning and maintenance, and •Recall procedures.
  • 15.
    THE STANDARDS ANDREQUIREMENTS Prerequisite Programs (PRPs) SQF SQF MODULE 2 plus the SQF MODULE for your industry BRC BRC/IoP GLOBAL STANDARD FSSC FSSC REQUIREMENT ISO 22000 ISO/TS 22002-2 (food) Or ISO/TS 22002-4( Food Packaging)
  • 16.
    HACCP •In addition, allof the standards include the requirement to development and implementation of a Hazardous Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) program. •There are seven elements of the HACCP: hazard analysis, critical control points, critical control limits, monitoring procedures, corrective action, verification, and record keeping. •Examples: •Line clearance or copy check •Foreign material contamination •Chemicals in formulation
  • 17.
    Steps to preparefor certification Choose a scheme Learn the requirements Assign team and leader Design Process Implement and Train Research your industry Check customers and competition Take courses from certification bodies Take online courses Assign a HACCP Team Leader SQF Practitioner or Food Safety Team Leader Design a process for each management system element Implement prerequisite programs and HACCP Train employees Implement the procedures
  • 18.
    Certification Audits The certificationprocess: •Choose an accredited certification body. They will conduct: • Document Review • On-site Audit • Surveillance Audits • 3 Year Cycle
  • 19.
    How we canhelp: Online Training Documents •If this sounds overwhelming…don’t worry! We have tools and training to lead you through, step by step. •We begin with training to explain the requirements of the standard. •We show you how to conduct a Gap Analysis to use as the basis of your Project Plan. Download ready-to-use checklists. •Templates are provided to document your system and meet the requirements. They are ready to customize and our tutorials explain how. •To-do checklists, meeting agendas, project plan template, and implementation plans keep you on the right track. Click for details & pricing
  • 20.
    About us: Cynthia Weber,Vinca LLC •BS. Microbiology •Over 25 years in the food industry •FSSC 22000 Certification Auditor •Food Processing •Food Packaging Materials •Approximately 100 Certification Audits in the Food Packaging Industry •SQF Registered Consultant •SQF Trainer •Trainer for Food Safety Modernization Act •EQIP Certified

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