Global Food Safety Standards an Overview

September 15, 2009 Tatiana A. Lorca Ph.D. Manager, Food Supply Quality Assurance EcoSure (A Division of Ecolab. Inc.)

Agenda

Current State of Audits & Standards Global Food Safety Initiative Benchmarking and Accredited Certification Overview of the GFSI Recognized Food Safety Programs EcoSures Role

Current State of Audits & Standards

Std A cert Std B cert Std C cert Std D cert Std E cert Std F cert Std G cert Std H cert

Customer Customer Customer Customer Customer Customer Customer Customer

Audit Company a Audit Company b Audit Company c

Food Safety Audits

Audit Company d

Audit Company e

A confusing array of redundant audits

GFSI

Global Food Safety Initiative Formed by the CIES Food Business Forum (international retail, foodservice and manufacturing groupnow Consumer Goods Forum) International membership Recognize international food safety standards which meet the minimum requirements set by their stakeholders through a benchmarking process Goal is to elevate, simplify, harmonize, improve cost efficiencies

GFSI Technical Committee

GFSI Governance and Working Groups

Benchmarking - Standard User Requirements

Accredited Certification
International Accreditation Forum (IAF) Peer Review by Sister Accreditation Body Accreditation Bodies Accredits the Certification Body (CB) Including Witness Audits of Auditor Activity ISO/IEC Guide 65 Criteria for Certification Bodies ISO/IEC 17011 Comprised of National Accreditation Bodies

Certification Bodies Audits the Supplier

Supplier

Supplier

Supplier

Supplier

Standard

GFSI Recognized Schemes (GD v.5)

Multi-stakeholder approach for food safety best practice: Management System PRPs HACCP

Audit protocol Auditor requirements Certification protocol Accreditation requirements

Guidance Document is NOT a new standard or scheme!

Why Certification?

Remote, third party Product Storage Facility for national brand consumer packaged goods company, discovered during audit of storage depots.

GFSI Breakthrough

The following companies have come to a common acceptance of GFSI benchmarked standards

What does this mean?

Once certified, accepted everywhere is now a reality concerning the following food safety schemes

The SQF Program

The SQF Codes in Outline

13 Sections 1.0 Scope 2.0 References 3.0 Definitions 4.0 SQF System Requirements Primary 4.1 Commitment Producer 4.2 Document Control and Records 4.3 Specification and Product Development 4.4 Attaining Food Safety 4.5 Verification 4.6 ID/Trace/Withdrawal/Recall 4.7 Site Security 4.8 Identity Preserved Foods 5.0 Food Safety Fundamentals 6.0 Pre-requisite Programs 7.0 Requirements for Foods Contained in Hermetically Sealed Rigid, Flexible or Semi Rigid Containers Manufacturer (SQF 2000 only) 8.0 Implementing an SQF System 9.0 Principles and Application of HACCP 10.0 Certifying SQF Systems 11.0 The SQFI Audit and Certification Management System and Supplier Database 12.0 Certification Trade Marks Rules for Use 13. Requirements for a Multi-Site Organization

Certification Levels

Level 1 Food Safety Fundamentals Level 2 Certified HACCP Food Safety Plans Level 3 Comprehensive Food Safety and Quality Management Systems

Certification duration = 1 year

Introduction to BRC Food v5

What is BRC Food?

Food Safety Management System for food manufacturing and preparation of primary products (retailer branded) In operation since 1998 Originally designed for private label/retailer branded products Owned by British Retail Consortium Internationally recognized by the GFSI

BRC Food in Outline

4 Sections Section I 1 Introduction 2 The Food Safety Management System Section II Requirements 1 Senior Management Commitment and Continual Improvement 2 The Food Safety Plan HACCP 3 Food Safety and Quality Management System 4 Site Standards 5 Product Control 6 Process Control 7 Personnel Section III How to Gain Certification Section IV The BRC Global Standards Directory

Certification Levels

Just one

Certification = 1 year in duration

Introduction to IFS

IFS Standard in Outline

Part 1: Audit Protocol Type of audits, Certification process, Scoring of requirements, Major, KO, Audit frequency, IFS Food versus IFS Logistic, Product categories Part 2: Requirements 251 requirements divided in five chapters Senior Management Responsibility(policy, structure, customer focus and management review) Quality Management System (HACCP, documentation requirements, record keeping) Production Process (product specifications, purchasing, packaging, factory environment, housekeeping, pest control, traceability). Measurements, Analysis and Improvements (internal audit, product analysis, product withdrawal and recall, management of corrective actions) Part 3: Requirements for accreditation bodies, certification bodies and auditors Part 4: Layout audit report and action plan

Certification Levels

Foundation Level Higher IFS Level

Total score is 75 and < 95% Total score is 95%

Certification = 1 year in duration

Introduction to FSSC 22000

FSSC 22000 Certification Scheme

PAS 220*
ISO 22000 + PAS 220 (PRPs for manufacturing) + Certification Scheme Scope manufacturing Contents:
Requirements / Food Safety Compliance (ISO 22000 + PAS 220)
Food Safety Management System Resource Management Planning and Realization of Safe Products (PRPs, HACCP) Validation, Verification and Improvement of the FSMS

Requirements for Certification (ISO 22003+ Scheme) Requirements for Accreditation (Scheme) Regulations for the schemes Board of Stakeholders (Scheme)

Certification Levels

Just One

Certification = 3 years in duration (annual Surveillance)

Status of FSCC 22000 Scheme: Conditional Recognition

STATUS: May 27 2009 Scheme Conditionally Recognized by the GFSI What does this mean?
Documentation of the scheme met requirements Now GFSI Board needs to see the proof of implementation Accreditation process for CBs moves forward Certification process for suppliers (complete scheme) moves forward Certificates and Reports submitted to Board for review Recognition decision will be revisited by Board Yes/No

This does NOT mean...

How to Decide?

Learn about all of the systems Look at your customer requirements and your export marketlet geography be a guide Most importantly find the program that best fits your culture

EcoSures Role

What is EcoSures Role?

What are EcoSures Offerings? SQF Training (public and on-site) SQF Consulting (gap analysis, verification, validation, audit preparation) EcoSure DOES NOT at this time offer SQF Audit services Supporting services HACCP training Expanding services We offer value Project Lead and lead trainer - Tatiana Lorca Former SQFI Technical Manager Trainers 10+ yrs. industry and training experience Consultants 30+ yrs. Experience in Dairy, Meat & Poultry, RTE products, Beverages, Produce

Thank you!

Contact Details: Tatiana A. Lorca, Ph.D. Manager, Food Supply Quality Assurance EcoSure (A Division of Ecolab) Tatiana.lorca@ecolab.com (c) 540-998-9366