GFSI Management Systems –

What They Mean For Your

Operations and Your Business
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Why Food Safety Management Systems?

• Extended Food Supply Chain

– Multiple parties
– Distance
– Time
• Food Processing as Industrial
Process
• Demonstrate Safety & Quality to
Each Step
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Regulations & Standards – the Perfect Storm

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Regulations & Standards – the Perfect Storm

Regulations
z USDA & FDA – Late 90s
z Meat
z Poultry
z Fish
z Juices
z EU 852/2004 – 1 Jan 2006 – HACCP in All Food Production
z Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (House)
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (Senate)

Standards
z ISO 22000
z GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative)
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EU 852/2004

• Requires that food business operators shall put in place

and maintain a permanent procedure or procedures
based on the HACCP principle.

• As of 1 January 2006, HACCP is a legal requirement in

every industrial operation involving the manufacture,
preparation, treatment, processing, transport, & storage
of food in the European Union
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US – Food Safety Acts

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Role of Commercial Standards

• Establish Baseline Behavior

• Reduce Audits
• Simplify Supply Chain Management
• Increase Supply Chain Confidence
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Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)

GFSI - The Consumer Goods Forum, launched May 2000

Mission Statement
Continuous improvement in food safety management systems to ensure
confidence in the delivery of safe food to consumers

http://www.ciesnet.com/2-wwedo/2.2-programmes/2.2.foodsafety.gfsi.asp
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Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)

GFSI Objectives

zEnhance food safety

z Ensure consumer protection
z Strengthen consumer confidence
z Benchmark requirements of food safety management
schemes
z Improve cost efficiency throughout the food supply chain.

http://www.ciesnet.com/2-wwedo/2.2-programmes/2.2.foodsafety.gfsi.asp
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Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)

Audit Scheme Owners

Accreditation Bodies

Certification Bodies

Manufacturers

Retailers
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Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)

Manufacturers
z Reduced number of audits
z Clarity of food safety scheme requirements
z Time & resources to invest in food quality and safety levels

Retailers
z Improved production standards from processors
z Improved information on food safety schemes
z Exchange of best practices & knowledge
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GFSI
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Retailers Adopting GFSI

z 8 of 25 Top Global Retailers

z ~ 54% of Revenues
z More in Process
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GFSI

http://businessassurance.com/lrqa-food-safety-webinar-parts-1-4-video-files/
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ISO 22000

• Auditable Standard for Food

Safety
• HACCP & Prerequisite
Programs
• System Management Approach
to Food Safety
• Defines Integrated FSMS
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Hierarchy of Food Safety

ISO 22000

HACCP
Regulatory
Requirements
Prerequisite Programs
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Implementing HACCP

• Food Safety System Designed

to prevent Biological, Chemical
& Physical Hazards
• Identify Food Safety Hazards
• Determine Likelihood & Severity
of Hazards
• HACCP Plan
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Food Safety Management System Components

Process
Data Collection FSMS Operations

Control System

Plant Floor

Laboratory Supply Chain Management

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Food Safety Management System Components

Process
Data Collection

zControl Systems
Control System z LIMS
z QIS
z eHACCP
Plant Floor

Laboratory
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Food Safety Management System Components

Supply Chain
zVendor certification
z Audit
z SC Quality Management
z Safety, Quality Deliverables
z Recall Notification/Management
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Food Safety Management System Components

Operations

zWIP
z Inventory
z Track/trace
z Document Control
z Compliance
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Food Safety Management System Components

Management

z ERP
z CRM
z Finance
z Compliance
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FSMS Implementation

• Choose Audit Standard for Guidance

• Evaluate Gaps in Current System
• Implement Needed Systems
• Training, Validation
• Communicate with Customer, Auditor,
Consultants
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FSMS Results

zTransparency
z Role Specific Reporting &
Analytics
z Reduce Supply Chain Risk

z Increase Safety, Quality &

Confidence
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FSMS Resources
z FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-510
z Food Safety Enhancement Act
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2749
z Consumer Goods Forum
http://www.ciesnet.com/1-wweare/index.asp
z GFSI Guidance Document
http://www.ciesnet.com/pfiles/programmes/foodsafety/GFSI_Guidance_Document_5th%20Edition%20_
September%202007.pdf
z SQF
http:// www.sqfi.com
z BRC
http://www.brcglobalstandards.com
zIFS
http://www.ifs-online.eu
z Dutch HACCP
http://www.foodsafetymanagement.info
z FSSC 22000
http://www.fssc22000.com
z Synergy 22000
http://www.synergy-gss.com/
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Northwest Analytical, Inc.

111 SW 5th Ave., Ste 800
Portland, OR 97204
503-224-7727
www.nwasoft.com

Jeffery Cawley
jcawley@nwasoft.com
503-224-7727 x 112