Stored In Water Cooler Dispenser Articles

Global Food Safety Standards

March 10th, 2010 | By admin

Most states have measures in place to control food safety, applied by a central authority. Some of these include the State Food and Drug Administration in China, Global Food Safety Initiative was founded in 2000 in response to a demand of about 30 CEOs of international retail chains. It 'been a time when there were reports of a series of food scandals, including "mad cow disease" began to BSE. Since BSE was reported in a number of European countriesIn 2001, Australia has committed itself to refine its rules on imports of food and meat.

British Retail Consortium (BRC) has made a number of private and used throughout the world as a framework for any company to assist in the production of safe food and the selection of reliable suppliers.

The other main standard

GLOBALGAP is a voluntary standard that is used to help people reduce the environmental impact of agriculture food products.GLOBALGAP has support from major European retailers, PMO and producers around the world. Other leading security standards including Quality Food Program. The program provides independent certification that the security of a supplier of food and the quality management system complies with international and national food security. It allows suppliers to their customers that food is produced, processed, prepared and treated according to the highest standards to ensure, at all levelssupply chain.

The advent of ISO 22000 and PAS 220:2008

Given the concern for the safety and the new ISO is the international body responsible for standardization, decided to establish a safety standard for the entire supply chain. ISO 22000 in 2005, launched to meet this requirement. ISO 22000 is one of the most recognized international standards for food safety. Show more than 60 codes of conduct and guidance documents related to foodsector. Despite this, it also has its limits, and has often been cited as not user friendly. Some have argued that his demands too high.

Publicly available specification (PAS) 220 is a new addition to the standard ISO 22000. It is designed to meet the technical requirements in ISO 22000 PRPS about the production of food. By BSI PAS 220:2008 developed by Danone, Kraft Foods, Nestle, Unilever, promoted throughThe association of food and beverage European Union (CIAA). Other entities involved in the development process is composed of representatives of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), McDonald's, General Mills in Europe, and the certification bodies.

FSSC 22,000 and a new global food system that brings together 22,000 and ISO-PAS 220 certification for food. The system was designed to meet the requirements of benchmarking GFSI's. This new system iswelcomed, as it is believed that, if firms are already accustomed to working with ISO standards and are aware of the risks and systems based on ISO 22000 and PAS 220 strategy, they may find it easier to close with this rather As with other standards. It 'still uncertain whether this system is effective.

Comments are closed.