Hello, this is Jeff Cawley, VP Market Development, Northwest Analytical. This webcast is adapted from the presentation, “Global Food Safety Initiative Management Systems – What They Mean for Your Operations and Your Business” That I gave at the 2010 OR IFT Food Ingredients eXPo on Feb 22nd in Portland Oregon.
Why Food Safety Management Systems?GFSI Food Safety Management Systems
• Extended Food Supply Chain– Multiple parties– Distance– Time
• Food Processing as Industrial Process
• Demonstrate Safety & Quality to Each Step
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Our first question is Why are we concerned with FSMS? – The answer is To cope with Extended Food Supply Chains that have developed. We now have large number of parties involved over significant time and space. Failures such as Peanut Corp of America have demonstrated the enormous cost of SC failures - often running in the millions to tens of millions for individual participants in addition to the tragic and unacceptable health risks. Modern Food Processing is an industrial process. This means we can apply the methodologies and systems that have been developed to manage industrial processes, reduce risk and guarantee success. Demonstrate safety and quality at each step. Provide the token that allows us to move an ingredient or product from one step to the next with confidence. These take the form of audit info, process and product quality, etc. Whatever is the appropriate information to allow us to accept the result of the previous step in the process with confidence. This requires Data accessibility, transparency, analytics and role specific reporting. As we will see, the role of commercial standards is to provide the structure to make this dependably happen.
Regulations & Standards – the Perfect Storm GFSI Food Safety Management Systems
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During the last decade we have experienced the perfect storm , a convergence of Governmental Regulations and commercial Standards. These are Trends that require Food Processors to implement an integrated Food Safety Management System.
Regulations & Standards – the Perfect Storm GFSI Food Safety Management Systems
RegulationsUSDA & FDA – Late 90s
MeatPoultryFishJuices
EU 852/2004 – 1 Jan 2006 – HACCP in All Food ProductionFood Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (House)FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (Senate)
A little historical perspective of all the converging factors.
EU 852/2004GFSI Food Safety Management Systems
• Requires that food business operators shall put in place and maintain a permanent procedure or procedures based on the HACCP principle.
• As of 1 January 2006, HACCP is a legal requirement in every industrial operation involving the manufacture, preparation, treatment, processing, transport, & storage of food in the European Union
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EU 852 gives us a preview of the impact of the upcoming US regulations which will require HACCP based food safety management systems for food production and supply.
US – Food Safety ActsGFSI Food Safety Management Systems
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In the US House Bill 2749 passed July 29, 2009 and was referred to the Senate 8/3/2009. Senate Bill 510 is still in process. Requires HACCP program and systematic approach to food safety. Like in the EU, these bills will require that food processors implement real HACCP programs.
Complementing government regulations are commercial standards for food safety and quality management. These come from international standards organizations such as ISO and industry based groups such as the Global Food Safety Initiative.
Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)
GFSI - The Consumer Goods Forum, launched May 2000
Mission Statement Continuous improvement in food safety management systems to ensure confidence in the delivery of safe food to consumers
Audit Scheme Owner e.g. BRC, SQF Accreditation e.g. in the US that would be ANSI Certification e.g. Silliker, TUV, BSi
Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)
ManufacturersReduced number of auditsClarity of food safety scheme requirementsTime & resources to invest in food quality and safety levels
RetailersImproved production standards from processorsImproved information on food safety schemesExchange of best practices & knowledge
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What do the GFSI stakeholders get out of these standards
GFSI GFSI Food Safety Management Systems
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The approved GFSI FSMS audit schema The early ones BRC SQF IFS Dutch HACCP And recently approved ISO 22000 based schema FSSC 22000 Synergy 22000
Retailers Adopting GFSI
8 of 25 Top Global Retailers~ 54% of RevenuesMore in Process
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Status of GFSI adoption 8/25 Top Global Retailers Represents approx 54% of revenues in this group Several others tell us they are now examining the GFSI for their vendor food safety audits. Note that restaurant chains are likewise participating in GFSI activities. There is indeed a strong trend here.
Another, related trend is the move to schema based on the ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System standard. Here we see Cor Groenveld, GM Food Service, Lloyd’s Register He is on the ISO 22000 technical committees and is lead in the creation of FSSC 22000, the first of the ISO 22000 based GFSI schemas. Followed by the Swiss based Synergy 22000. SQF has indicated that they will be introducing a ISO 22K based system. Indicates a strong trend.
ISO 22000
• Auditable Standard for Food Safety
• HACCP & Prerequisite Programs
• System Management Approach to Food Safety
• Defines Integrated FSMS
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What is ISO 22000? ISO 22000 defines an integrated Food Safety Management System Food safety policy Measurable objective Planning for food safety Implementation and operation Performance assessment Improvement Management review
Hierarchy of Food Safety
ISO 22000
HACCP
Prerequisite Programs
Regulatory Requirements
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ISO 22000 is a commercial standard for Food Safety Management Systems. The foundations for such a system are HACCP and PRP program. As we indicated HACCP and PRP programs are becoming mandatory across food processing.
Implementing HACCP
• Food Safety System Designed to prevent Biological, Chemical & Physical Hazards
HACCP, of course, stands for Hazard Analysis, Critical Control Point. It is the foundation of modern “science-based” food safety Designed to prevent Biological, Chemical & Physical Hazards HACCP methodology is designed to: Identify food safety hazards Determine the likelihood & severity of hazards Produce and implement a HACCP program to control these risks. The question becomes how to incorporate HACCP programs into a larger enterprise context… And how to provide the support systems which will help guarantee HACCP success.
• Choose Audit Standard for Guidance• Evaluate Gaps in Current System• Implement Needed Systems• Training, Validation• Communicate with Customer, Auditor,
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<Why can’t I just depend on audits instead of building a complex food safety system? > <Is it really necessary to go a digital system? I can get everything I want with paper-based food safety monitoring. >
1. Transparency throughout the production process and the supply chain. 2. By providing role specific reporting and analytics at each step the FSMS enable good decision making. 3. Which reduces supply chain risk 4. With increased safety, quality and confidence from primary suppliers through to the consumer in supermarket aisle.
FDA Food Safety Modernization Acthttp://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-510
