Global Food Safety Initiative

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Global Food Safety Initiative
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GFSI managed by The Consumer Goods Forum
(formerly CIES)

• An independent global parity-based Consumer Goods
  network
• Over 400 Members
• Representing 150 countries
• Over 5 continents

Paris, HQ
Tokyo
Washington
Shanghai
Singapore
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CIES Top of Mind Survey
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In 2000..

• Food safety crises
• Profileration of individual retailer schemes
• Burden to suppliers and producers due to frequent
  audits
• Lack of efficiency and high costs in the food
  supply chain

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Global Food Safety Initiative

• GFSI launched at the CIES Annual Congress in
  2000, following a directive from the food
  business CEOs.
• Food Safety was then, and is still, top of mind
  with consumers. Consumer trust needs to be
  strengthened and maintained, while making the
  supply chain safer.
• Managed by The Consumer Goods Forum

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GFSI Mission

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

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GFSI Objectives

• Convergence between food safety standards through
  maintaining a benchmarking process for food
  safety management schemes
• Improve cost efficiency throughout the food
  supply chain through the common acceptance of
  GFSI recognised standards by retailers around the
  world
• Provide a unique international stakeholder
  platform for networking, knowledge exchange and
  sharing of best food safety practice and
  information

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How does GFSI work?

• Benchmarks existing food safety schemes,
  including pre-farm gate schemes against the GFSI
  Guidance Document.
• Determines whether a scheme is equivalent to the
  Guidance Document requirements.
• Helps and encourages food safety stakeholders to
  share knowledge and strategy for food safety and
  to develop best food safety practice in a common
  global framework.

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What GFSI Does NOT Do

• Make policy for retailers or manufacturers
• Make policy for standard owners
• Undertake any accreditation or certification
  activities
• Have involvement with an area outside the scope
  of food safety i.e. animal welfare, environment
  and ethical sourcing

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New GFSI Governance Model and Activities
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GFSI Stakeholders

• Wider group of food business stakeholders
• Annual meeting in February during the CIES
  International Food Safety Conference
• Opportunity to influence GFSI strategy
• Share knowledge and best practice with other food
  safety experts in keeping with the GFSI mission
• Open invitation

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GFSI Foundation Board of Directors

• Terry Babbs, Tesco, UK
• Hugo Byrnes, Royal Ahold, The Netherlands
• Marcos Campos, Bertin SA, Brazil
• Kevin Chen, China Resources Vanguard, P.R. China
• D.V. Darshane, Coca-Cola, USA
• Bryan Farnsworth, Hormel Foods, USA
• Hervé Gomichon, Carrefour, France
• Cenk Gurol, Aeon Global, Japan
• Cory Hedman, Hannaford, USA
• Cindy Jiang, McDonalds, USA (Vice Chair)
• Jürgen Matern, Metro, Germany
• Payton Pruett, Kroger, USA
• Yves Rey, Danone, France (Vice Chair)
• Michael Robach, Cargill, USA
• Rick Roop, Tyson Foods, USA
• JP Suarez, Wal-Mart, USA (Chairman)
• Johann Züblin, Migros, Switzerland

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GFSI Technical Working Groups
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Governance Structure
GFSI Board Review
GFSI Board Review
GFSI Stakeholder Meeting
GFSI Board Review
GFSI Technical Working Groups
Global Food Safety Conference
Update on GFSI Work item proposals
Review of proposals Mandate to TWG
Recommendation to Board
Approval and communication
Output
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Convergence Means Confidence

• Benchmarking work on four key food safety schemes
  (BRC, IFS, Dutch HACCP and SQF) reached a point
  of convergence.
• All schemes were completely aligned with the GFSI
  Guidance Document Version 5 requirements.
• This meant increased confidence in the schemes
  and comparable audit results.

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GFSI Breakthrough June 2007

• The following companies came to a common
  acceptance of GFSI benchmarked standards

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Benchmarking What does this mean ?  Once
certified, accepted everywhere
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Some companies now accepting GSFI recognised
schemes
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GFSI Adding Value

• Less duplication
• Driving continuous improvement in the content of
  the standards.
• Healthy competition between existing schemes,
  driving continuous improvement in the delivery of
  the standards
• More cost efficiency in the supply chain
• Comparable audit approach and results
• Confidence in sourcing and safer food for the
  consumer

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Global Food Safety Conference 3rd 5th February
2010, Washington DC, USA
A platform for networking, knowledge exchange
and sharing of best practices.

More communication and transparency to all
stakeholders about GFSI developments Over 500
food safety experts from 40 counties
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For more information

• Websites
• www.mygfsi.com
• Email
• gfsinfo_at_theconsumergoodsforum.com

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GFSI North America

• Dr. Donna Garren
• VP Food Safety Programmes
• The Consumer Goods Forum
• d.garren_at_theconsumergoodsforum.com
• Tel [phone]