3. NSF International - The Public Health and Safety Company
NSF International is an independent, non-governmental public
health and safety organization, based in Ann Arbor, US.
Our core mission is to protect and improve human health.
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4. NSF International Commitment to Food Safety
โข Working to promote food safety since 1944
โข Developed over 70 public health standards (food equipment,
bottled water, plumbing)
โข With over 700 auditors globally, a leading provider of food safety
audits to the food industry.
โข The global leader in providing certification to GFSI benchmarked
schemes.
โข Steadfast ties with industry associations and Government
agencies.
โข A Collaborating Center for the World Health Organization.
โข Service provider to over 12,000 companies in 100+ countries
5. Food Safety Solutions Across the Supply Chain
โข Food Safety Certification โ SQF, BRC, Global-GAP, IFS, FSSC 22000
โข Food Safety & Quality Auditing: NSF Cook & Thurber
โข Education and Training โ SQF & BRC Training Center
โข Product Specification, Testing, and Development.
โข Strategic, Tactical, & Technical consulting services
โข Food Equipment Certification
โข Beverage Certification
โข Regulatory Acceptance Assistance
โข Retail/Food Service auditing and quality programs
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10. Cold Chain Success
โข Different products require different temperature level
maintenance to ensure their integrity throughout the
travel process:
โ โBananaโ (13 ยฐC),
โ โChillโ (2 ยฐC),
โ โPharmaโ (2-8ยฐC)
โ โFrozenโ (-18 ยฐC) and
โ โDeep frozenโ (-29 ยฐC).
โข Staying within temperature is vital to the integrity of a
shipment along the supply chain and for perishables it
enables an optimal shelf life.
โข Any divergence can result in irrevocable and expensive
damage; a product can simply lose any market or useful
value.
13. Integrated Cold Chain Strategies
โข At a high level, three major areas provide an overview of
the tactics or operating structure required in most cold
chains
โ Planning and Risk Assessment
โ Policies and Processes
โ Management Practices
โข Planning and Risk Assessment addresses the overall
structure under which the cold chain operates - in this
area that overall performance expectations and
objectives for cold chain functionality must be
developed.
14. Risk Assessment
โข A risk assessment of the cold chain process is essential
โ to ensure that a clear understanding of the performance of the
integrated, end-to-end cold chain is obtained
โ to identify the highest risk areas of the cold chain so that
management plans and controls may be implemented to mitigate
these risks e.g. the points of product handoffs or transfers
โข This may include ports, transfer facilities, distribution centres
and customer deliveries
โข Once risks are identified, the plan for addressing these risks
and for general cold chain performance should be developed
โ handling policies, exception protocols, critical control points and
work flow
โข An overall management plan should be included as part of the
process as well
15. Policies and Processes
โข Should address both the product(s) requirements as well as the
handling for the products throughout the cold chain.
โข Product requirements
โ temperature thresholds, stability, humidity, packaging, etc.
โ acceptable ranges for these requirements should also be
addressed.
โข Handling requirements
โ receiving practices, product put-away, storage, picking, loading,
transit and delivery
โข The documentation of these cold chain operating procedures
provides the cold chain operator the โhow-toโsโ of proper cold
chain handling for its product(s) and operating environment.
20. Definition of Innovation
Oxford Dictionary
Innovation:
Make changes in something established, especially by introducing
new methods, ideas, or products
21. A wide range of events drive change in
consumer products industries
โข Anthrax attacks
โข Lead in Toys
โข Contaminated Toothpaste
โข Melamine in Foods
โข Heparin Contamination
โข Food-borne Illnesses
โข Product Recalls
โข Malicious contamination
โข Industry failures
โข Government/regulatory failures
Driving Innovation in Food Safety
22. Private Standards and GFSI Early Drivers
โข Food-borne illness
โข Product withdrawals
โข Legal action
โข Damage to brands and reputations
โข Damage to shareholder/stakeholder
โข Damage to consumer confidence
โข Audit costs
23. The Global Food Safety Initiative
GFSI Mission
โContinuous improvement in food safety management systems โฆ to deliver
safe food to consumers worldwideโ
GFSI Objectives
โข Reduce food safety risks
โข Manage cost
โข Develop competencies and capacity building
โข Knowledge exchange and networking
26. Drivers Linked to GFSI & Innovation
โข Improved quality
โข Creation of new markets โ increase in private label products
โข Extension of the product range
โข Reduced labor costs
โข Improved production processes
โข Reduced materials
โข Reduced environmental damage
โข Replacement of products/services
โข Reduced energy consumption
โข Brand differentiation standards
โข Demonstrate conformance to new regulations or new standards
- Food Safety Modernization Act
27. Innovation and GFSI
Two main types of innovation:
โข Radical Innovation
โข Incremental Innovation
Sometimes referred to as Disruptive Innovations!!
Giving rise to subsets within those groups and the food industry as -
โข Process Innovation
โข Supply-chain Innovation
โข Service Innovation
GFSI creates an environment for innovation via challenges to meet the
standards requirements and new food safety expectations
28. Innovation and GFSI
GFSI creates an environment for innovation via challenges to meet the
requirements and new safety expectations with two key elements:
โข Management commitment
โsenior management shall demonstrate they are fully committed to the
implementation of the requirements of the Global Standard for Food
Safetyโ
BRC Global Standard for Food Safety โ North American Version
โข Continuous improvement
Food Safety and Quality Policy โshall include the commitment for
review and continuous improvementโ
BRC Global Standard for Food Safety โ North American Version
29. 1st Phase Innovation Legacy
โข Delivered a โonce certified, accepted everywhere, conceptโ
โข โTicket to tradeโ
โข โPassport to tradeโ internationally
โข Reduced duplication of audits
โข Better legal & business metric for success
โข Raised the baseline for supply
โข Reduced recall/withdrawal costs
โข Improved product quality
โข Frees up technical teams to focus on key challenges and their own
innovation
30. What Next and Why?
Two emerging and important developments in the food supply and
ancillary industries.
GFSI and certification standards and principles being extended to
storage and logistics suppliers and packaging suppliers.
โข Both are key partners to a processor and their products and provide an
integral part of the product
โข Both are โgivenโ trust items within a product as received by the
consumer
โข Both can โmake or breakโ a product
31. Storage and Logistics
Storage and Logistics Suppliers
โข Key partner to processors
โข Integral part of the product life-cycle
โข Represent potential risk safety/integrity and quality of the product
โข Associated with recalls and withdrawals
โข Ensure Commercial Value for Money โ maximize product life
โข Defined by specification
32. Packaging
Packaging Suppliers
โข Provides a protective barrier & maintains optimum quality
โข Interacts with product โ may be used to enhance the product
โข Take in many industries and forms of packaging
โข Source of inherent potential risks โ chemical/microbiological/physical
โข Delivers key messages โ storage, use, trust marks, allergens
โข Creates expectations for consumers
โข Direct and indirect use by consumers
โข Input to storage and logistics management
33. Why not?
Why wonโt you cascade certification to theses groups to ensure
regulatory and commercial compliance?
โข Will you be assured of a safe and legal, quality product?
โข Will you be assured of the product as specified?
โข Will the product be commercially what you are paying for?
โข Is this a way of controlling/mitigating risks
โข Could it drive innovation in your supply-chain?
Zero risk does not exist but certification provides one method to
manage risks
Perfect people, perfect machines, perfect environment, perfect
partners...not just yet!
34. Certification Logistics and Packaging
Utilize the existing food safety certification standards to manage the
supply chain
Utilize the emerging logistics and packaging certification standards to
manage the packaging supply chain
Yes, there challenges and potential burdens but focus on the risk
reduction, the potential benefits and the opportunity to create innovation
in the process
Is failure the challenge?
Is it an option?
โIf you find it difficult to accept failure, then you simply wonโt get any
innovation because employees will be too frightenedโ
โ Sir Terry Leahy (Tesco)
35. Food Safety Certification Drives Innovation
โข The focus GFSI puts on continuous improvement creates a
very good environment for innovation.
โข Certification to GFSI benchmarked standards has driven
companies and individual facilityโs to innovate in order to
comply with the requirements of these standards.
โข โManagement Commitmentโ: Perhaps the most important new
requirement that companies face through certification.
โข Having Senior Management committed and involved in food
safety can truly foster innovation.
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