Bringing Stakeholders Together
The Global Food Safety
Initiative
Cenk Gurol
Chair of the GFSI Board
Vice President, AEON Co., Ltd., Japan
What is GFSI?
GFSI: an international collaborative platform
Government
Certification
Bodies
Scheme Owners
Retailers
Suppliers
International
Organisations
Accreditation
Bodies
Academia
Service Providers
Food Service
Why GFSI?
CEOs of world food
retailers agreed to take
In 2000……….
collaborative
actioncrises
High-profile
food safety
Audit fatigue with duplication and divergence
Multiple recalls from shared supply chains
GFSI – Part of a Broader Network
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)
#1 global platform for the consumer goods industry
A membership of
400 retailers,
manufacturers
and service
providers across
70 countries.
Members’
combined sales
total eur2.5 trillion
(42.21 trillion MX
Pesos).
CGF members
employ an
estimated 100
million people
along the value
chain.
1,500 international executives involved in our Working Groups and Expert
Committees.
www.theconsumergoodsforum.com
GFSI – Part of a Broader Network
Our Vision
“Safe food for consumers everywhere”
GFSI Governance Structure
Consumer Goods
Forum Board
recommend
Stakeholders
GFSI Board
GFSI Team/The Consumer Goods Forum
Benchmark
Committees
Local Groups
China, Japan,
Mexico, US-Canada
Technical
Working Groups
GFSI Board of Directors
Chair
Vice-Chairs
One World – One Safe Food Supply
Salmonella
Melamine
Listeria
Growth Hormones
Dioxin
Contamination
E. Coli 0157:H7
food tampering
BSE
Food fraud
Tools for Change - Benchmarking
GFSI: Endorsing existing schemes
Standard
Management
system
Scheme
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
Tools for Change – Benchmarking
Tools for Change - Benchmarking
GFSI: Ensuring Supply Chain Safety
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,
Tools for Change - Benchmarking
Scope 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
GFSI: Supporting Less Developed Businesses
Roadmap to Safer Food and Market Access
 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.
Tools for Change – Auditor Competence
GFSI: Building Auditor Knowledge & Skills
Credentialing
Status Update:
Skill Assessment
Knowledge Exam
Competencies
• Post farm gate
published
• Primary
production
drafted
• Storage,
packaging, feed
TBD
• Retail, brokers
underway
• Professional
Testing
Company
selected.
• Development
of knowledge
exam
underway.
• Draft template
completed.
Assessment
tool piloted by
Silliker, NSF,
Eagle, Eurofins,
Cargill, Kraft
• Pilot completed
by end 2014
• Governance
structure outline
agreed
• Develop success
factors
Let’s Share the Responsibility!
Find Out More!
Global Food Safety Initiative
www.mygfsi.com
www.tcgffoodsafety.com
gfsinfo@theconsumergoodsforum.com
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