The production of safe food is a commitment and responsibility of all participants in the supply chain of the food industry. Therefore, whether you are a consumer or a company, you can contribute to food safety. How? If you are a consumer, you can inform yourself and choose safe food, discarding food of dubious quality. On the other hand, if you are a company, the creation of a Food Safety Culture must be a constant work in your work teams, while it is important to choose to certify a standard that guarantees the food safety of your products and / or services.
On the occasion of World Food Safety Day, we update the international standards most requested by the markets to ensure food safety.
· IFS Food version 7:
Accredited standard recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) for assessing companies that manufacture food and/or package food products. Due to the launch of the new Codex Alimentarius and the new ISO 22003-3, IFS decided to update it to adapt it to current requirements and will result in the new version 8. OCA Global has actively participated, reviewing the draft and submitting suggestions as part of the public consultation carried out by IFS with certification bodies.
· IFS Global Markets Food v2:
Non-accredited standard, focused on small or medium-sized companies that want to be certified under a food safety system such as IFS Food and do not have the necessary resources or define it as a previous adaptation step to be certified in the near future.
· BRCGS Food v8:
Accredited standard recognized by GFSI to audit the safety, quality and performance criteria to be applied by companies that manufacture food and/or package food products. The latest version is currently being revised and is expected to be published in August 2022. Version 9 audits will be available from February 2023.
· ISO 22000:2018:
International accredited standard that defines the requirements of a Food Safety Management System. It can be implemented and certified by all types of companies in the Food Industry supply chain: agriculture, distribution, manufacturing, services, packaging, etc. The certification cycle is three years, and consists of an Initial Certification Audit divided into Phase 1 and Phase 2, as well as two subsequent annual follow-up audits to maintain the certification.
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