Food & Beverage Industry Standards
July 27, 2021 2024-11-29 9:17Food & Beverage Industry Standards
Food & Beverage Industry
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Ensure global food safety while maintaining legal compliance, satisfying customers and improving your brand reputation.
Food & Beverage Industry Standards
Ensure global food safety while maintaining legal compliance, satisfying customers and improving your brand reputation.
Food & Beverage Industry Standards
A robust and well-managed food chain is essential to the health and well-being of all consumers and is fundamental to social and economic stability. This makes food safety a critical issue that must be managed effectively throughout the food chain, from farm to fork.
The consequences of food-borne illness can be devastating, both for the consumer and for retailers and other organizations in the supply chain. Failing to meet industry standards for food safety can result in prosecution, product recall, lost opportunities and negative publicity. In addition to food safety, the global food chain has a significant impact on the environment and on the health and safety of its employees.
To meet obligations to the public and stay competitive, food and beverage companies throughout the food chain must meet high expectations for quality and safety. Certification to food and beverage industry standards can help organizations maintain legal compliance, satisfy customers, improve their brand reputation and more.
Food And Beverage Industry Standards Certified by IRQS
BRCGS - Food Safety
The BRCGS Global Food Safety Standard, a trusted benchmark for nearly 25 years, is adopted by over 22,000 sites across 130+ countries. Recognized by leading global retailers, quick-service restaurants, and manufacturers, it provides a robust framework for managing product safety, integrity, legality, and quality.
Now in its 9th edition, it was the first GFSI-benchmarked standard to introduce food safety culture and food fraud requirements. IRClass – IRQS offers accredited certification for this standard through BRCGS Food Safety and NABCB, supporting businesses in achieving global food safety excellence.
Keeping food safe from farm to fork by ensuring hygienic practices and traceability at every step are essential tasks for the food industry.
BRCGS Start!
The BRCGS START! program supports small sites with developing food safety systems, providing a clear path to meet higher standards as they grow. Recognized by major brands and retailers, it sets requirements for producing retailer-branded and branded foods, as well as ingredients for foodservice and manufacturing use. Certification applies to products manufactured or prepared on-site, including managed storage.
IRClass – IRQS offers this unaccredited certification service to help sites build robust food safety practices.
FSSC 22000
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is a non-profit association managed by an independent Board of Stakeholder & Industry Experts, committed to improving food safety along the food chain. The GFSI approves several food safety standards covering farming, production, processing, packaging, storage & distribution. The Food Safety System Certification (FSSC 22000) is a GFSI Scheme for food safety certification and is applicable to all organizations in the food chain, regardless of size and complexity. FSSC 22000 is based on ISO 22000 and offers a complete certification Scheme for the auditing and certification of Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS)
FAMI-QS Scheme
SMEs that comply with the program’s requirements also benefit from being listed on the FSSC website, enhancing their visibility and credibility. Additionally, incorporating this program into vendor assurance processes supports food organizations in promoting food safety among their SME suppliers.
IRClass – IRQS provides certification services for the FSSC 22000 Development Program, allowing SMEs to demonstrate their commitment to food safety. It is important to note that this certification is unaccredited.
FSSC Development Programme
SMEs that comply with the program’s requirements also benefit from being listed on the FSSC website, enhancing their visibility and credibility. Additionally, incorporating this program into vendor assurance processes supports food organizations in promoting food safety among their SME suppliers.
IRClass – IRQS offers FSSC Development Programme unaccredited conformity assessment allowing SMEs to demonstrate their commitment to food safety.
ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System
ISO 22000:2018, Food safety management systems – Requirements for any organization in the food chain, sets out the requirements for a food safety management system. It defines and strengthens what an organization must do to demonstrate its ability to control food safety hazards and ensure that food is safe for consumption.
Keeping food safe from farm to fork by ensuring hygienic practices and traceability at every step are essential tasks for the food industry.
FSSAI Schedule IV
To strengthen the food safety surveillance system in the country, FSSAI has taken up audits of food business operators through third-party audit agencies. IRCLASS is one of the audit agencies by FSSAI in accordance with Food Safety and Standard (Food Safety Auditing) Regulation, 2018
Food Businesses classified by Food Authority for mandatory Food Safety Audits will be liable to get their businesses timely audited by recognised Auditing Agencies. Food Authority will declare the category/type of food businesses subject to mandatory audit based on risk classification and the frequency of audits.
GMP Good Manufacturing Practice
Good Manufacturing Practices forms an important part of the overall HACCP food safety system in a food business. Good manufacturing practices (GMP) are important in order to produce safe food. The food business has a legal and moral responsibility to produce and prepare food that will not harm the consumer. There can be a high cost to the food business if it does not implement adequate Good manufacturing practices (GMP).
Ayush
AYUSH products are regulated under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 by the Drugs Controller General of India through the State Governments. The Department of AYUSH has been exploring the possibility of introducing a voluntary product certification scheme for selected AYUSH products to enhance consumer confidence. The matter was discussed in a series of meetings taken by the Secretary (AYUSH) beginning 24 Dec 2008 and the Quality Council of India (QCI) offered to develop a concept paper on the subject
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