The Global Food Safety Initiative

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1 The Global Food Safety Initiative 1

2 What We Do Why We Do It Our Unique Position How We Work The Influencers Leading It Our Benchmarking Work Our Capability Building Work Our Recent Achievements Our Goals Going Forward 2

3 What We Do Safe food for consumers everywhere The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) drives continuous improvement in food safety management practices throughout the supply chain and around the world for safe food for consumers everywhere. 3

4 Why We Do It Mission and Objectives Providing continuous improvement in food safety management systems to ensure confidence in the delivery of safe food to consumers worldwide. 4

5 What is GFSI? GFSI: a Global Multi-stakeholder Network A GLOBAL COLLABORATION FOR SAFE FOOD FOR CONSUMERS EVERYWHERE 5

6 How We Work GFSI Technical Working Groups Composed of technical experts from: Retail Manufacturing Food Service Operators Service Providers Standard Owners Certification Bodies Accreditation Bodies Industry Associations Technical Working Groups deliver on specific mandates such as: Benchmarking Auditor Competence Regional Outreach Global Markets Programme Regulatory Affairs and many more. 6

7 How We Work GFSI Local Groups These groups work to implement global GFSI strategy at a local level. Today, six Local Groups have been formed. 7

8 Influencers Leading It GFSI Board of Directors Members from major retailers, manufacturers and food service operators. Provides the strategic direction for ongoing and new work streams 8

9 Our Benchmarking Work GFSI Benchmarking Requirements The most widely accepted fundamental benchmarking requirements for food safety management schemes. Covers all scopes of the supply network, from farming and primary production to processing and storage and distribution. 9

10 Capability Building Efforts GFSI Global Markets Programme A Pathway to Certification 10

11 Our Recent Achievements Strategic Partnership with UNIDO Scope is global capability building based on GFSI s Global Markets Programme Africa and China already key focuses Roadmap for implementation will address other key geographies 11

12 Our Recent Achievements Taking the Lead on Food Safety Culture GFSI launched an industry-wide global work stream dedicated to food safety culture Going beyond traditional compliance approaches Developing guidance and implementation tools 12

13 Our Recent Achievements Public-Private Partnerships Joined Forces in a Public-Private Partnership with the China Nutrition and Health Food Association (CNHFA) Part of a joint commitment to providing safe food for consumers everywhere. 13

14 Goals Going Forward Food Safety Scheme Benchmarking and Harmonisation Focusing on food safety scheme assurance and harmonisation Launching the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements V7 (Guidance Document) Benchmarking new and existing schemes to V7 Inserting the first stage of Program Integrity/Auditor Competence into V7 Engaging retailers to increase alignment with GFSI. 14

15 Goals Going Forward Capability Building Increasing our thought leadership on food safety capability building Designing an overarching global plan that will include identifying priority countries, partners and KPIs Developing a playbook based on Global Markets Create strategies for China and the ASEAN region 15

16 Goals Going Forward Public-Private Partnerships Continuing to establish government partnerships Developing a strategy on technical equivalence Communicating the role of GFSI in FSMA compliance in the United States Supporting alignment of China HACCP to the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements V7 Using GFSI to support convergence of EU standards 16

17 Goals Going Forward Thought Leadership Continuing to provide guidance and share best practice for food safety management Advancing the science in an inclusive manner on a global scale 17

18 Our Flagship Events Global Food Safety Conference GFSI s annual conference and the industry s leading global food safety event of the year Bringing together 1,000 food safety professionals from over 50 countries Unique opportunity for knowledge-sharing & networking Houston, TX, USA 28 February to 2 March

19 Stay in Touch Join the Conversation 19

20 Thank you! 20