Bringing Stakeholders Together The Global Food Safety

Initiative

Cenk GurolChair of the GFSI BoardVice President, AEON Co., Ltd., Japan

What is GFSI?

GFSI: an international collaborative platform

RetailersSuppliers

Food Service

CertificationBodies

AccreditationBodies

InternationalOrganisations

Academia

Government

Scheme Owners

Service Providers

Why GFSI?

In 2000……….High-profile food safety crises

Audit fatigue with duplication and divergenceMultiple recalls from shared supply chains

CEOs of world food retailers agreed to take collaborative action

GFSI – Part of a Broader Network

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)

www.theconsumergoodsforum.com

CGF members employ an

estimated 100 million people along the value

chain.

A membership of 400 retailers,

manufacturers and service

providers across 70 countries.

Members’ combined sales

total eur2.5 trillion (42.21 trillion MX

Pesos).

1,500 international executives involved in our Working Groups and Expert Committees.

#1 global platform for the consumer goods industry

GFSI – Part of a Broader Network

Our Vision

“Safe food for consumers everywhere”

GFSI Governance Structure

GFSI Board

Consumer Goods Forum Board

GFSI Team/The Consumer Goods Forum

Benchmark Committees

Local GroupsChina, Japan,

Mexico, US-Canada

Technical Working Groups

Stakeholdersrecommend

advisereport

GFSI Board of Directors

Chair

Vice-Chairs

One World – One Safe Food Supply

Salmonella

E. Coli 0157:H7

Listeria

BSE

Melamine Dioxin Contamination

food tampering Food fraud

Growth Hormones

Tools for Change - Benchmarking

GFSI Guidance Document The key tool in GFSI’s global benchmarking approach.Holds the GFSI requirements for:

1. Benchmark process

2. Scheme management requirements

3. Sector-specific food safety management criteria

Standard

Management

system

Scheme

GFSI: Endorsing existing schemes

Tools for Change – Benchmarking

Tools for Change - Benchmarking

GFSI has recognized schemes across the scopes shown in this diagram.

Pending Scopes of Recognition:– N Food Brokers/Agents

– H Retail/Wholesale

– G Catering

– I Food Safety Services

– K Equipment Manufacturing,

GFSI: Ensuring Supply Chain Safety

Tools for Change - BenchmarkingScope of Recognition

AI Farming of Animals

AII Farming of Fish

BI Farming of Plants

BII Farming of Grains & Pulses

C Animal Conversion

D Pre-processing Plants

EI Processing Animal Perishable Products

EII Processing of Plant Perishable Products

EIII Processing of Animal & Plant Perishable Products

EIV Processing of Ambient Stable Products

F Production of Feed

J Storage & Distribution

L Production of Bio Chemicals

M Production of Food Packaging

Tools for Change – Global Markets

Voluntary tool for development of supplier food safety management systems.

Targets less developed companies in primary production (crops, grains and pulses) and food manufacturing.

Pathway toward certification against GFSI recognized food safety schemes.

Roadmap to Safer Food and Market AccessGFSI: Supporting Less Developed Businesses

Tools for Change – Auditor Competence

Credentialing

• Governance structure outline agreed• Develop success

factors

Competencies

• Post farm gate published

• Primary production drafted

• Storage, packaging, feed TBD

• Retail, brokers underway

Knowledge Exam

• Professional Testing Company selected.

• Development of knowledge exam underway.

Skill Assessment

• Draft template completed. Assessment tool piloted by Silliker, NSF, Eagle, Eurofins, Cargill, Kraft

• Pilot completed by end 2014

RFT finalised by June 2014 Pilot by end 2014 2015

GFSI: Building Auditor Knowledge & Skills

Status Update:

Let’s Share the Responsibility!

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