Food Safety
Standards
International
Codex Alimentarius
Codex Alimentarius
The Codex Alimentarius is a collection of standards, codes of practice, guidelines and other recommendations adopted by The Codex Alimentarius Commission. Its main objectives are to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in food trade. Some of these texts are very general, and some are very specific. ...
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Private Sector
GLOBALGAP
GLOBALGAP
GLOBALGAP (formerly known as EUREPGAP) is a standard developed to provide a verification framework over a range of agricultural products. GLOBALGAP serves as a key reference for Good Agricultural Practices (G.A.P.) in the global market place, by translating consumer requirements into agricultural production. GLOBALGAP is a business-to-business label and is ...
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SQF Codes
Safe Quality Food Codes
The SQF Program is a fully integrated food safety and quality management protocol designed specifically for the food sector. SQF provides indepent certification that a supplier's food safety and quality management system complies with international and domestic food safety regulations. The SQF is designed as a food safety ...
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GS1 Traceability
GS1 Global Traceability Standard
The GS1 Global Traceability Standard is a business process standard describing the traceability process independently from the choice of enabling technologies. It defines minimum requirements for companies of all sizes across industry sectors and corresponding GS1 Standards used within information management tools. It enables companies to implement tracking and tracing ...
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BRC
British Retail Consortium Global Standards
BRC Food certification In 1998 the British Retail Consortium (BRC), responding to industry needs, developed and introduced the BRC Food Technical Standard to be used to evaluate manufacturers of retailers own brand food products. It is designed to assist retailers and brand owners produce food products of consistant safety ...
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ISO 22000
ISO 22000 - Food Safety Management System
ISO 22000 lists requirements for a management system for food safety. An organization located anywhere in the food chain needs to demonstrate its ability to control food safety hazards and ensure food safety at time of human consumption to meet ISO 22000 requirements. ISO 22000 requires an organization to ...
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GAA BAP
Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) Standards
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) is an international, non profit trade association, registered in the USA, that promotes advancement in environmentally and socially responsible aquaculture. The GAA has developed Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification standards for aquaculture products. The GAA promotes aquaculture species as being healthy and environmentally friendly, ...
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IFS Food 5
International Featured Standards Food
The first International Featured Standards (IFS) standard was the IFS Food standard starting in 2003. The most recent version is 5 (which applies from the 1st January 2008). The IFS Food is a Standard for auditing retailer and wholesaler branded food product suppliers and only concerns food processing ...
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