The GFSI
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What is GFSI?
GFSI and Codex
GFSI and Capacity Building
GFSI working with international
organisations
What is
GFSI?
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What is GFSI?
Safe food for consumers everywhere
The Global Food Safety Initiative
(GFSI) is a collaboration
between the world's leading
food safety experts from retail,
manufacturing and food service
industry, as well as service
providers associated with the
food supply chain.
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What is GFSI?
GFSI: a global multi-stakeholder network
Government
Certification
Bodies
Scheme Owners
Retailers
Suppliers
International
organisations
Accreditation
Bodies
Academia
Service Providers
Food Service
Raise key issues/make recommendations
Engagement: Regular meetings and an annual conference
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What is GFSI?
Mission and objectives
• GFSI gathers industry members worldwide to work on food safety
issues that affect the entire supply chain.
• GFSI benchmarks food safety management schemes against a set of
requirements established by its stakeholders.
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What is GFSI?
GFSI: an international collaborative platform
From collective concerns of the industries into collaborative solutions
to ensure confidence in the delivery of safe food to consumers
Industries
Stakeholders
GFSI Board
GFSI
working
groups
Collaborative
solutions
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What is GFSI?
GFSI transparency to build trust
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GFSI renewed its governance rules and procedures in
2014
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2015: TWGs are being restructured according to the new
rules intended to allow for parity and inclusivity
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Calls for participation will be launched this spring on the
GFSI website
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New GFSI board member selection process includes term
limits and an independent nominating committee to
review
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What is GFSI?
GFSI Requirements Document
GFSI endorsing existing schemes
Standard
e.g.
Codex
Management
system
Scheme
GFSI Requirements document
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is the key tools of the global benchmarking
approach
contains GFSI requirements
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Benchmark process
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Scheme management requirements
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Sector-specific food safety management criteria
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What is GFSI?
Development of schemes
Best
Practices
Product Specific / Customer Specific
Requirements
GFSI Recognised
Schemes
Schemes
Auditor Standards
Standards
BRC/ IFS/ SQF/ ISO 22000
Codex
- HACCP Principles - GMP
Legislation - Food Law
Principles
Requirements
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What is GFSI?
Requirements Document Process
Technical
Committee
meeting
Technical
Committee
meeting
First draft
GFSI board
review
Stakeholder
consulta-tion
GFSI board
review
2nd draft
Stakeholder
consulta-tion
GFSI board
review
Requirement
s document
publication
3rd draft
The process integrates
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Multi-stakeholder group drafts GFSI guidance
document recommendations
Stakeholder consultation (public)
Integration of public comments
Review by the board
Publication
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What is GFSI?
GFSI Scheme Management Requirements
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Scheme scope
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Certification Body Personnel Competence requirements
Contractual scheme owner relationship with
Accreditation Bodies and Certification Bodies
Audit Frequency and Duration
Scheme Data Management (CB KPIs)
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What is GFSI?
Safety along the entire supply chain
GFSI recognized scheme
solution in progress for the
following scopes
“Farm to Fork “ approach to
cover all sectors of the food
system
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N Food Brokers/Agents
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G Catering
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H Retail/Wholesale
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I Food Safety Services
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K Equipment Manufacturing,
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Accredited 3rd party certification
Pros:
 Benchmarking of schemes
 Consistent delivery of Schemes
 Multi-stakeholder approach
 Acceptance by industry
 Requirements for schemes & auditors
Cons:
 Oversight adds costs
 High std for emerging mkts
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What is GFSI?
GFSI Benchmarked Schemes: Once certified,
accepted everywhere
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GFSI and Codex
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GFSI and Codex
GFSI as Codex Observer: Understanding the scope
Barcelona 2013: Global Food Safety Conference
Tom Heilandt, Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission
“Applying Codex locally has an effect when a nation is trading
globally. Countries have different ways of doing things and have
different needs, capacities and levels of protection.
Locally they may use Codex standards but the implementation may
be different which will affect their ability to trade internationally.”
GFSI is a management tool based on Codex standards
 Codex provides a credible foundation for all standards
 GFSI recognised schemes develop processes for consistency
 GFSI provides harmonisation of those processes
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GFSI and Codex
How and to what extent does GFSI based its approach on Codex?
 The GFSI Guidance Document v6 uses 10 normative references
Codex Alimentarius
Commission
Recommended International Code of Practice – General Principles of
Food Hygiene CAC/RCP1 – 1969, Rev 4 - 2003
ISO Standards
Requirements for CBs, Abs, quality management systems, food safety
management systems
ISO/IEC Guide 65: 1996,
ISO/IEC17021: 2006
ISO/IEC17000: 2004,
ISO 9001: 2008
ISO/IEC 17011: 2006
ISO 20000: 2005
ISO/TS 22003: 2007
ISO 9000: 2005
National Advisory
Committee on
Microbiological Criteria
for Foods
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Principles and Application
Guidelines, August 1997
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GFSI and Codex
The past criticism of private food safety schemes
1. Their focus on process mirrors legislation (HACCP)
2. They go beyond public standards for particular food
attributes so are potentially exclusionary
3. They unnecessarily extend, vertically and horizontally
4. Their standard setting process is not inclusive
5. They are not science based
6. They have a negative impact on market access for small
producers, particularly for primary production
7. The significant costs are pushed down making small
producers unfairly less profitable
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What is the
Global Markets
Programme?
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Global Markets Programme?
Four key points
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For small businesses and because of their size, lack of
technical expertise, economic resources or the nature of
their work, certification would be unattainable.
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GFSI has developed The Global Markets Programme as ‘The
pathway to market access and certification’
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The GFSI Global Markets Programme is a voluntary, free
access system designed as an unaccredited, noncertification assessment process.
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It has been developed for both primary production in the
field and manufacturing in the factory and concentrates on
building capacity.
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Global Markets Programme?
Aim & objectives
Aim:
• Develop effective food safety management
systems through a systematic continuous
improvement process
Objectives:
• Provide a route for small and less developed
businesses to achieve accredited certification
• Support capacity building efforts and improve
market access opportunities for small suppliers
operating locally
Local Sourcing
Local Produce
Local Manufacturing
Local Selling
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Global Markets Programme?
The scope
> Manufacturing of processed
foods
Manufacturing
> Planned: Preparation of primary
products
Primary
Production
> Farming of plants
> Planned: Farming of grains,
animals, fish and production
of feed
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Global Markets Programme?
A response to business needs: a local sourcing strategy
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A new unaccredited entry point for small or less developed
businesses that aspire to achieve certification.
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Considering both primary production and manufacturing.
A system for mutual acceptance at this “entrance level.”
Unaccredited, so not a scheme or a standard.
Capacity building in food safety is achieved.
Access to local markets is facilitated.
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Global Markets Programme?
A voluntary step-by-step tool for continuous improvement
The GFSI Global Markets Programme
Step 2:
Step 1:
Self-assessment to
determine point of
entry
if ready
Unaccredited
assessment against
Basic level
How the levels match
the key elements of the
GFSI Guidance
Document
Basic: 35%
Intermediate: 65%
when ready
Step 4:
Step 3:
Unaccredited
assessment against
Basic and
Intermediate level
Accredited
certification against a
GFSI recognised
scheme
when ready
Access these documents following a short registration process on www.mygfsi.com.
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PPP for Capacity Building
AEON case study - Malaysia
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Aeon, Japan’s #1 retailer, entered the Malaysian market in 1984
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Aeon contributed US$100,000 to work with their suppliers on
product specifications, the logistics of supply and to deliver the
Global Markets Programme assessments
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Malaysian Government and UNIDO supported financially
(US$500,000) and to implement the programme
Most manufacturers categorised as small and/or less developed
businesses, having difficulties in implementing HACCP
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PPP for Capacity Building
Outcomes so far
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PPP for Capacity Building
Metro case study – Bulgaria and
Serbia
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METRO Group has supermarkets and self-service wholesale outlets in more than
30 countries. Entered Bulgaria in 1999 and entered Serbia in 2005
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Up to 90% of the merchandise locally sourced
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ISACert, CB, invested €115,000 in Bulgaria and €150,000 in Serbia for
qualification of assessors, supplier assessments and training
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Government: Bulgarian Food Safety Agency and The Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Water Management in Serbia provided training on legislation and
participated in supplier workshop
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Supplier engagement: 174 suppliers from Bulgaria and 460 from Serbia, across
many food industry production scopes
In 2011, invested in a project that would take their local suppliers in Bulgaria and
Serbia through to full certification
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PPP for Capacity Building
Outcomes so far
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Strong relationship between ISACert and the local METRO QA
managers provided credibility and helped suppliers better
understand the Global Markets Programme the benefits of
full certification
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The programme helped manage supplier food safety
management systems through capacity building
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The programme provided:
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Improved competence concerning food safety management
systems
A measure of supplier capability
A system for mutual acceptance from Buying Companies at
entry level.
The majority of participating suppliers are now certified
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GFSI working
with
international
organisations
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GFSI Collaboration
Public-private partnership
GFSI
Design, develop and manage all documentation
Review and improve the process
Suppliers
Buying companies
can be mandated by buying
companies to progress through
the programme.
can mandate their suppliers and
support them as they progress
through the programme.
Service providers
International
organisations
can partner with buying
companies or suppliers to carry
out assessments and training
against the programme
checklists.
can use the programme as a
basis for capacity building
projects, using local experts to
ensure relevance.
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GFSI Collaboration
For Governments and Regulators
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Business is collaboratively promoting compliance with
legislation throughout their shared supply chains.
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Credible good practice in the private sector can provide
regulatory efficiencies by prioritisation of compliance
resources.
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The Global Markets Programme provides an
opportunity to align both public and private
approaches.
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It is a total supply chain food safety management
system
GFSI Collaboration
How to get involved
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Join GFSI Technical Working Groups
• Currently running: Auditor Competence Scheme
Committee
• Call for participation to be launched this spring for
new groups:
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Requirements Document editorial committee (release of V7)
Food Service / Catering (to develop GFSI requirements)
Global Markets Primary Production programme revision
Global Regulatory Affairs Committee
Join GFSI Local Groups
• CAN/USA, Mexico, Japan, China, South LATAM,
• Europe (to be launched 2015)
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GFSI Collaboration
How to get involved
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Participate in the Global Food Safety Conference
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USA/Europe/Asia, Berlin, 2016
• Attend the Stakeholders meeting
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Participate in Focus Days
• Regional events to spread the GFSI approach
• Supported by local stakeholder companies and
governments
• Introduces GFSI and relevance for local context
• 2015: focus days will be held in Canada (October 6),
China (November) and Argentina (November 12)
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To know more…
GFSI: Join the conversation,
Watch for calls for participation
www.mygfsi.com
@mygfsi
GFSI Newsletter
on www.mygfsi.com
Global Food
Safety Initiative
Email: [email protected]
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Thank you !
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