Is food safety culture an assessment requirement?
Yes, food safety culture is now a compliance requirement for companies hoping to achieve certification to GFSI-benchmarked standards such as BRCGS, FSSC 2200, SQF, Global GAP and IFS.
The GFSI Benchmarking Requirements Version 2020 includes food safety culture as a requirement. This means that for schemes to achieve the GFSI’s benchmark they now have to include, “elements of food safety culture, at a minimum consisting of: communication, training, feedback from employees and performance measurement on food safety related activities” as well as “the senior management’s commitment”.