IFS Food version 7 mandatory as of today

Are you ready for IFS Food version 7?

MANDATORY AS OF 1 JULY 2021

As of today, 1 July 2021,  IFS Food version 7 will be mandatory for all IFS Food-certified companies. The new version brings several changes. These changes not only can be found in the documentation, organisational matters have to be tackled as well.

UNANNOUNCED AUDIT REQUIRED

One of the biggest changes picked up by GFSI is the mandatory unannounced audit. This unannounced audit will be held once every three years. For this reason, a replacement for the HACCP manager must always be present at the company.

EXCLUSION

In addition, trade products are now mentioned as an exclusion on the certificate. It is therefore possible that your customer will ask for an IFS Broker certificate. These two systems can easily be merged into one manual.

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