In response to the situation in Ukraine and the problem of disrupted supply chains, supply bottlenecks for raw materials and the resulting influences on supplier and raw material management as well as on customer specification and recipe management in terms of allergen, GMO and labelling, IFS have issued the following guidance for IFS stakeholders: IFS…
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Internal Auditor Course (IFS&BRC based) The essential skills for internal auditing of Food Safety Management System based on IFS and/or BRC; coming in Q2 2022, in Dutch. Lead Auditor Course (IFS&BRC based) IFS&BRC based 5days Lead Auditor Course – the central stepping stone for a career in food safety auditing; coming in Q2 2022, in…
IFS has announced its approach to remote auditing. Currently broker companies that are already IFS Broker certified can take advantage of the option for performing of their next certification audit remotely. We believe that remote audits add value to all participants in the auditing and certification process whenever it is feasible and can be performed…
A number of important changes are coming with new version 7 of IFS Food. Few of them are: Additional requirements added for Food safety culture; Outsourced processes, unannounced audits, multi-legal entitites; Changes structure of the standard More time of audit time dedicated to production/onsite evaluation Change in the scoring system More specific requirements to corrections…
If you are exporting food to the U.S. and want to assure that your exports continue uninterruptedly you need to implement FSMA requirements into your Food Safety Management System. Why it’s important to attend a PCQI course? The FSMA regulation requires that certain activities must be implemented by a “Preventive Controls Qualified Individual” (PCQI) who has…










